Internationally educated applicants can now submit their valid English language test results for consideration, following receipt of their Decision Letter.

At its meeting on 15 February, the Board of NMBI confirmed the names of those that were to be removed from the Register of Nurses and Midwives for failure to pay the annual renewal fee.

Amendments to the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly announced that from 1 March 2024, the maximum legal validity of prescriptions has been extended from 6 to 12 months.

Earlier this month, NMBI's Fitness to Practise (FTP) Department met with our colleagues at Tallaght University Hospital where we spoke about our commitment to provide a compassionate approach for everyone involved in the FTP process.

Thank you to everyone who responded to our consultation on the draft Professional Competence Scheme Guideline. We have had over 2,700 responses which we will be reviewing in detail, and which will help inform further development of the draft guidelines.

Earlier this month, we were delighted to attend the Institute of Guidance Counsellors (IGC) National Conference along with our colleagues from the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD) and the Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education.

We would like to advise all mature applicants applying for undergraduate nursing and midwifery programmes that registration to sit the assessment tests opens Monday, 8 April.

NMBI and the Department of Health are jointly hosting a healthcare conference entitled ‘Education Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery’ on Friday, 5 July in Dublin Castle.

The Board of NMBI has made decisions as to findings and sanctions arising from two complaints received.