Nursing and Midwifery Council: changes to governing legislation
Seeks views on changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 to help the Nursing and Midwifery Council fulfil its duties.
Detail
The legislation that governs the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is restricting its ability to effectively carry out some of its duties. Proposed changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 will:
- improve handling of Fitness-to-Practise (FtP) cases
- introduce power to review certain FtP decisions
- allow registrants who are not fit to practise, for health or lack of competence reasons, to be removed from the register
- change who sits on registration appeal panels
- help to make sure a practising registrant has appropriate insurance
The NMC is the UK regulator for nursing and midwifery.
Documents
The Nursing and Midwifery Council: proposed changes to the governing legislationapplication/pdfDraft order: Health Care and Associated Professions: Nurses and Midwives: The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order in Council 2014application/pdfThe Nursing and Midwifery Council - proposed changes to the governing legislation: consultation responseapplication/pdfEquality analysisapplication/pdf