Question follow-through · 45281

Nurses: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will have discussions with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on the potential merits of reducing or removing the annual registration fee for nurses.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
22 Apr 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will have discussions with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on the potential merits of reducing or removing the annual registration fee for nurses.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    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 regulation is founded on the principle of regulators operating ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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