The Nursing and Midwifery Council are an organisation which regulates nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. They set standards, hold a register, quality assure education and investigate complaints.
How we oversee the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Independent Culture Review into the NMC
In light of the Independent Culture Review into the NMC, we will be undertaking enhanced monitoring. We issued an initial response to the Review's publication on 9 July 2024 which you can read here.
We have now been asked by the Government to establish an oversight and support group. This group will:
- receive regular updates on the NMC’s progress;
- scrutinise the impact of measures introduced by the NMC to improve its culture and performance; and
- provide insight and advice on further actions required.
The group will include Chief Nursing Officers from the four UK nations, representatives from trade unions, policy officials from the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Devolved Administrations, and relevant experts. The work to set up this group is underway.
In the meantime, we continue to closely monitor the NMC and have met with its Chair and Acting Chief Executive to discuss the initial actions the organisation is taking in response to the findings, and the development of its longer-term action plan. You can find out more in our statement published on 30 July 2024 here.
Performance reviews
We review the performance of the Nursing and Midwifery Council each year. We give our report to Parliament and publish our report on our website. We also review every decision made by the regulator's final fitness to practise panels. We include recent cases on this page. See more cases.
Read the NMC's Performance Review - for 2022/23, it is one of our shorter monitoring reports.