Nursing & Midwifery Council - joint union response to CHRE report
Published: 16 June 2008
Responding to the damning report by the Council for Regulation of Health Excellence (CHRE) into the conduct of the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council), health unions, the Royal College of Nursing, UNISON, Royal College of Midwives and Unite have issued a joint statement:
“It’s clear from this devastating report that there are major issues which need to be addressed in order to protect patient safety and restore public confidence. This must be a number one priority and the key recommendations of this report should be introduced as a matter of urgency.
“There is no doubt that the NMC has a hard task overseeing the regulation of the UK’s 680,000 nurses, midwives and health visitors but the public need to know they are working to the highest possible standards. We want to work with all parties collaboratively to ensure that these areas of serious concern are resolved as quickly as possible – patients deserve nothing less.
“Whilst the report states that they are fulfilling their statutory function its clear that they are not doing this to the reasonable standard that the public & registrants should expect."