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Regulating standards for nursing and midwifery education. Learn more. We’re the independent regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. We hold a register of nurses and midwives who can practice in the UK, and nursing associates who can practice in England.
Search the register. Our register shows who can practise as a nurse or midwife in the UK, or as a nursing associate in England. Confirm someone's registration.
Find out how to join the NMC register as a nurse or midwife if you trained overseas
How to register with the NMC as a nurse or as a midwife in the UK, or as a nursing associate in England.
We are the independent regulator for nurses and midwives in the UK, and nursing associates in England. Governance The role of our Council and our senior management
First, we promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise.
Telephone numbers. You can contact us by telephone 08:00–17:45 Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). Please try to avoid the busiest times which are all day Monday and Tuesday–Friday, between 10:00 and 12:00.
As of March 2017 there are 690,773 nurses and midwives on the NMC register, meaning the NMC is the body responsible for regulating the largest number of healthcare professionals in the UK. Nurses and midwives must be on the NMC register to practise in the UK.
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The NMC commissioned Nazir Afzal OBE and Rise Associates to carry out the review after concerns were raised about the organisation’s culture, including racism and fear of speaking up. Over 1,000 current and former NMC colleagues, plus more than 200 panel members who sit on fitness to practise hearings, shared their lived experiences as part of the review. The NMC accepts the report’s recommendations.
