Ahead of her retirement, Dr Anne-Marie Ryan shares the story of her long and distinguished career and reflects on the many opportunities the profession can offer.

Anne-Marie joined NMBI in 2001. During her time with the organisation Anne-Marie has worked as Chief Education Officer, Director of Registration and is currently Director of Professional Standards and Education (Nursing).

NMBI would like to remind all registered nurses and midwives that the updated Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (the Code) came into effect on 11 May 2021.

The updated Code is available on our website and a link is being issued to each nurse and midwife on our Register by email.

LGBT Ireland and the INMO hosted a Pride Webinar on 25 June, entitled ‘Building an LGBTI+ Inclusive Healthcare System Together’.

NMBI CEO Sheila McClelland addressed the webinar on the topic of an inclusive nursing and midwifery curriculum as a pathway to inclusive patient care.

NMBI is inviting calls for expressions of interest from public interest representatives, registered midwives and registered midwives with community midwifery experience to fill three vacancies on the Midwives Committee.

Details of these vacancies and how to apply are on our website.

The 32nd International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Virtual Triennial Congress has been taking place every Wednesday throughout June and NMBI was invited to speak at this year’s event.

The Government has approved the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan for the period 2021-2023.

The plan sets out the priorities and actions for the next phase of the reform programme and aims to improve safe, timely access to care and address health inequalities by delivering a universal health service that offers the right care, in the right place, at the right time, at low or no cost.

A round up of the latest news stories including:

• HIQA study shows vaccines are the most effective safeguard against Covid-19
• Construction underway on a new mental health campus in Tuam
• First public fertility hub launched at The Coombe
• Postdoctoral research fellow at UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems awarded Fulbright scholarship
• Minister Donnelly praises healthcare workers involved in Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Bernadette Finneran, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Skin Cancer at Roscommon University Hospital (RUH).