Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119133

Health Professions: Registration

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Adrian Ramsay

Green PartyWaveney Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that professional regulatory costs do not act as a disincentive to entering or remaining in the nursing, midwifery and nursing associate professio

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is independent of the Government, is directly accountable to Parliament, and is responsible for operational matters concerning the discharge of its statutory duties. As the NMC set out in its consultation, registran...

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