Question follow-through · 20859
Nursing and Midwifery Council: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's review entitled Independent Culture Review, published in July 2024, if his Department will launch an independent review into that organisation.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's review entitled Independent Culture Review, published in July 2024, if his Department will launch an independent review into that organisation.
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. The NMC is independent of the Government, directly accountable to Parliament, and is responsible for operational matt...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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