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Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council
Since the Shipman inquiry, several changes have been made. Statutory changes include:.
In discussions with the NMC, the report's author, Lisa Plotkin, Head of Policy and Influence at the FNF, said that, despite their valuable AP experience, many IENMs face challenges in having their...
The NMC has regularly been asked to consider a reduction in practice learning hours for pre-registration programmes. Equally, the workforce plans of the four countries of the UK address the need to...
Members of the public shared how several factors need to be present to deliver care that feels of a standard from ‘good’ to ‘excellent’. The report highlights that good care builds on the basic...
‘Incivility has been shown to reduce team functioning, clinical decision making and patient outcomes’.
Following the changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) education programme standards in 2023, a programme of work commenced to explore further how practice learning can be supported
The health and care nursing workforce is under significant pressure. The recently published Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2024) registration data report cites that, of the leavers who completed...
In my role at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) I have frequently shared with colleagues my view that there is an opportunity for improved senior leadership of practice learning for student...
When we have looked at the concerns raised by members of the public, the most common allegations relate to the following event allegations:.
Using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) large-scale Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) (OECD, 2018), Guo and Hau (2023) showed the...
‘Enabling nurses to have the autonomy to work to their full scope of practice will create the most effectively run health systems at the lowest cost, while still delivering the highest quality of...
‘… a natural language processing chatbot driven by generative AI that allows you to have human-like conversations to complete various tasks. For example, the AI tool can answer questions and assist...
‘Trust leaders want – and need – the NHS long term workforce plan to be a success. It is therefore deeply concerning that “significant weaknesses” in its modelling have been identified.’ .
Outgoing Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rob Behrens, in an interview with The Guardian (Campbell, 2024), said that there were still ‘too many examples of care not being safe’ and suggested...
‘You uphold the reputation of your profession at all times. You should display a personal commitment to the standards of practice and behaviour set out in the Code.’ .
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