The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is entering a ‘new phase’ after a year of reform, its leaders have said ...

Proposed new education standards for specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) and specialist practice qualifications (SPQs) have received significant support from occupational health nurses ...

Provisional standards for the forthcoming system of competency checks that will allow nurses and midwives to renew their registration every three years have been released by the Nursing and Midwifery ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a public consultation on draft new education standards for specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) and specialist practice ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council will start work on drawing up professional standards for the new nursing associate role this summer, according to a report by the regulator. The nursing associate ...

Plans to simplify specialist nurse training across the UK pose “huge risks” to patient safety, health leaders have warned. Nursing leaders are united in opposition against proposals by the Nursing and ...

A health watchdog has referred itself to the Professional Standards Authority after a disciplinary panel failed to strike off a bullying senior nurse. Helen Lockett, nursing director at the now ...