The Nursing & Midwifery Council has welcomed Deborah Harris-Ugbomah FCA and Rhiannon Beaumont-Wood as new members of its Council - the governing body that sets its strategic direction.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council has set out its five reprioritised areas of work for the next two years, focusing on the most significant risks to its work.

The NMC’s latest campaign, ‘Seeing the whole person supports better care’, supports nursing professionals to continue to think holistically when providing care; to see the whole person and reflect on how the standards can support this in everyday practice.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council has appointed Nazir Afzal OBE and Rise Associates to lead an independent review of its culture, as part of its commitment to learn and improve so it can deliver its regulatory work as well as possible.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published updated guidance on freedom of expression.

The number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates registered to practise in the UK has grown to a record total of 788,638.

The NMC has set out its goals for the next two years, with the top priority being to reduce the fitness to practise caseload quickly and fairly.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council has launched a dedicated helpline supporting members of the public who are thinking about raising a concern about a nurse, midwife or nursing associate.

A leading figure at the Nursing & Midwifery Council has talked about the changes to its pre-registration education programme standards.