NursingNotes
  • login
  • signup
  • Latest News
  • Clinical Updates
  • Professional
  • Education
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
NursingNotes
No Result
View All Result

Home > News > Professional

Brexit leads NMC to examine nurse training standards

The nursing regulator is now looking at "alternative approaches" to nursing education.


2 April 2021
nursing and midwifery council

David R Gee / Alamy

The UK is no longer required to follow EU law on nurse and midwife training programmes.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has said it is reviewing if the current nurse training standards should be changed following the UK’s departure from the EU.



The regulator’s educational standards set out how courses should be delivered to ensure students get the right education – such as the number and ratio of theory/practice hours, entry requirements, length of programme, methods of assessment, and the level of award.

Many of the standards already used by the NMC are enshrined in EU law to ensure nurses in different regions undergo comparable training programmes.

Following the UK’s departure, the nursing regulator is now looking at “alternative approaches” to nursing education and has commissioned a review of the pre-registration educational standards.

Any changes could affect the training of nurses, midwives, and nursing associates.


Matthew McClelland, our Director of Strategy and Insight, said: “With nearly 725,000 nurses, midwives and nursing associates on our permanent register, we have a vital role in upholding high standards in nursing and midwifery practice and keeping people safe.

“That starts from the training our students receive and that is why we want to hear from the public, professionals and our UK partners, to ensure this research provides us with up-to-date evidence about parts of our pre-registration programme standards.

“We encourage anyone who wants to contribute to respond to our survey and we plan to report back on our findings later this year. Any proposed changes will be subject to a full public consultation and further engagement with our stakeholders.”

You can take part in the NMC’s review here.




Popular

Close-up of rapid Covid-19 home lateral flow antigen test with positive result

Special paid leave for Covid sickness and isolation scrapped for NHS workers

1 July 2022

student nurse staff nurse

Student nurses ‘used and abused’ on placements

13 June 2022

Patient lying on bed while nurse writing on clipboard in hospital

Nurses told to stop ‘overworking’ by staying late without pay

27 June 2022

Insight

Busy A&E waiting room

‘The NHS is having its worst winter ever – and the reasons run much deeper than COVID’

28 January 2022

Hospital curtain intensive care

‘During the Downing Street Christmas Party we were caring for dying patients and forbidden from seeing family’

8 December 2021

Vaccine inPPE

‘Making vaccination compulsory for NHS frontline workers likely to make patients suffer’

19 November 2021


Related Posts

Nurse preparing IV for a patient in intensive care
International

UK poaching nurses from already short-staffed countries to hit recruitment targets

9 June 2022
Nurse pay bills
Professional

NMC asked to cut its annual registration fee amid cost of living crisis

27 May 2022
Nurse with patient
Professional

Regulator considers relaxing English proficiency rules for overseas trained nurses

25 May 2022
NursingNotes

© 2019 NursingNotes.co.uk

Navigate Site

  • Who are we?
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Agenda for Change Pay Scales

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Latest News
  • Clinical
  • Education
  • Health Politics
  • Opinion
  • Resources

© 2019 NursingNotes.co.uk