Chris Seeks Evidence Of Revalidation Impact On Nurses
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 137718 on Nurses: Labour Turnover, if he will publish the evidential basis for saying that the Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation process has not had any impact on the retention of professionals on its register.
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of registered (a) nurses and (b) midwives did not renew their registration when it was due in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
Will Quince Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) publishes annual reports about revalidation and commissioned an independent evaluation of the process over the first three years of operation, published in 2019. This report stated that revalidation rates remain in line with historical averages under the previous renewal scheme and can be found at the following link:
The report also showed that revalidation was considered to be a success with nurses and midwives reporting that they felt it encouraged accountability and pride in their profession. While there was some initial evidence of people over 65 leaving the register, this was likely to be because they were no longer practising and it was not thought that revalidation had been an impetus for practising professionals leaving the register.
The Department does not hold data on the proportion of nurses and midwives that did not renew their registration when it was due. This data is held by the NMC. The NMC publishes an annual leavers survey to understand why people leave its permanent register, alongside annual and mid-year registration data reports.
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