Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107244

Nursing and Midwifery Council: Standards

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 3 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Claire Young

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the news story by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, published on 18 December 2025, what is (a) the average time and (b) the maximum time taken for the investigations that take mo

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department does not collect this information centrally. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. The UK's model of healthcare professional reg...

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