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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
is the regulatory body for nurses, midwives and health visitors
in the UK. The NMC maintains a register of qualified nurses,
midwives and health visitors, establishes professional and education
standards, oversees conduct and practice and also investigates
allegations of misconduct against its members.
All nurses, midwives and health visitors who trained outside
the UK need to be registered with the NMC in order to practice
in the UK.
The NMC can only accept applications from holders of first level
qualifications who are fully registered in their own country.
The NMC will not accept applications from holders of the following
or equivalent qualifications:
- enrolled nurse
- enrolled midwife
- licensed practical nurse (LPN)
- vocational nurse
- community nurse
- state certified nurse
- staff nurse (South Africa)
- mother craft nurse
- nursery nurse
Overseas trained nurses outside the EEA wishing to register
with the NMC must be able to demonstrate their command of
the English language by sitting the IELTS
examination. The NMC will only accept applications for those
nurses who have sat the IELTS
test and scored 5.5 in each academic category and have an
overall band score of 6.5.
The NMC register is divided into parts that indicate different
specialities or professions. These currently include general
nursing, mental health nursing, learning disabilities nursing,
children's nursing and midwifery. It is important to realise
that in order to apply for a given part of the NMC register
you will need to have actually been trained in that discipline.
There is an application fee of £117.00 GB sterling when you
apply for NMC registration. When you initially apply for registration,
you will be sent an information pack which will include an
application request form and an information booklet which
sets out the application requirements. Should you wish to
continue with your application you should then return the
application request form along with the payment to the NMC.
It is at this point that the full application pack will be
supplied to you.
If you are accepted for registration, you will be asked to
sign a form agreeing to abide by the NMC's Code of professional
conduct. You will also need to pay the registration fee. This
is currently £93.00, which is a £33.00 initial fee and £60.00
for three years' registration.
Please read the page concerning the required language testing
before proceeding. For further information on the NMC and
the registration procedure, please visit the NMC web site
on our Useful Links page.
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