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Editorial Graham Scott EDITOR

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Revalidation is vital to restore nursing’s image Revalidation. The word may mean little to you yet, other than a set of requirements to prove you are keeping your practice up to date. But by this time next year, nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses could be asked to demonstrate compliance when they re-register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). You should be writing a selection of reflective accounts in which you set out how you have enhanced your practice as a result of feedback from patients or colleagues, or after undertaking continuing professional development (CPD). You could be asked to prove how much CPD you have done, and that you are applying the NMC code of conduct in your day-to-day work. And you will need to obtain a declaration from your line manager that you are fit to remain on the register.

ENGLAND IS LAGGING BEHIND AND THIS IS WHERE MOST REGISTRANTS LIVE AND WORK

The timetable has been in place for more than a year, with those due to complete the re-registration process from January 2016 onwards being told they will be affected. The NMC appears to have stuck to its side of the bargain by agreeing the requirements, updating the Code and setting up pilot sites to test the new arrangements. However, the profession is not ready, at least if papers presented to an NMC meeting this week are accurate. There has been progress in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but England is lagging behind and this is where the majority of registrants live and work. Revalidation is important. The NMC and professional leaders must get it right. There is no point rushing to meet an arbitrary deadline, but also there cannot be undue delays. Public confidence in nursing has been shaken by Mid Staffs and other care scandals, and revalidation is a key part of the profession’s response. With the NHS under such pressure throughout the UK, it is understandable if more pressing priorities have stalled progress, but everyone involved in introducing the new system must refocus their efforts over the coming months to ensure its safe delivery.

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Revalidation is vital to restore nursing's image.

Revalidation. The word may mean little to you yet, other than a set of requirements to prove you are keeping your practice up to date. But by this tim...
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