MPs debate Nursing and Midwifery Council

Ben Bradshaw informed MPs that there had been a complete breakdown of relations among the leadership of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). He said that a report on the NMC by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) had been “devastating”, showing that the NMC was failing to carry out its statutory duties. The Minister said that the NMC would need to put in place an action plan to implement all of the recommendations of the CHRE report. He stressed that the locus for ministerial interference in the NMC was limited given that it was a professional regulatory body.