The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence today published an interim report as part of its Strategic Review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The review will be completed in June.

The interim report focusses on regulatory purpose, leadership, governance, decision making and operational management. We have set out 16 recommendations to help the Nursing and Midwifery Council carry out its regulatory role better in the future.

Harry Cayton, Chief Executive of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence said 'The Nursing and Midwifery Council needs to have a clear and consistent focus on its regulatory purpose. There are serious problems but we acknowledge the effort the Council, executive team and staff are putting into managing this transition. We hope that our recommendations will allow the NMC to act rapidly to recruit a new Chair and Chief Executive and so give staff and registrants the settled leadership they need and deserve'.

We have recommended that its Council is strengthened by having a member with a financial qualification to help it oversee its finances effectively and that it quickly improves the quality of its management information to help it make sound decisions. We have made recommendations about business information, decision-making structures and governance and we have set out the qualities that a future Chief Executive and Chair will need.

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Media contact:

Rachael de Souza
External Relations Manager
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
Tel: 020 7389 8031
Email: Rachael.desouza@chre.org.uk

We addressed our response to the Director of the Board of Community Health Councils, after which it has been included in submissions made to the Welsh Government.