Nursing and Midwifery Council

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) remit

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) regulates 670,000 nurses and midwives across the UK. It also regulates health visitors who are viewed as specialist nurses. It does not regulate healthcare assistants (HCAs), who are increasingly taking on some of the more traditional nursing roles. From 28 January 2019, the NMC assumes responsibility for the regulation of nursing associates in England. The nursing associate role is being introduced and regulated in England only and will be regulated using the same regulatory framework the NMC uses to regulate registered nurses and midwives. The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (NMO 2001), SI 2002/253 was amended as of 28 January 2019 to include nursing associates in respect of the NMC’s functions and processes, including fitness to practice processes.

The NMC has power to consider allegations against a registrant where either an entry onto the register has been fraudulently or incorrectly made, or their fitness to practice (FTP) is impaired for a specific reason which includes:

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misconduct
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lack of competence
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a conviction or caution
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physical or mental health
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a finding of impairment

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