The 2023 annual registration renewal process is underway and registrants can renew up to 14 February 2023.

All nurses or midwives practising in Ireland are required by law to have their name on the Register of Nurses and Midwives which is maintained by NMBI and each year it is necessary to pay the annual renewal fee to maintain their registration.

Earlier this month, we hosted a Midwifery Going Forward event in Munster Technological University (MTU), Tralee.

The discussion allowed us to hear from leading experts in midwifery from the Kerry, Cork and wider Munster region on the evolving role of midwives and getting breastfeeding over the line.

Our annual National Student Midwife Debate took place on 4 November to debate the motion: ‘This house believes that the diminishing ‘normal birth’ rate is a threat to the midwifery profession’.

Our CEO, Sheila McClelland, presented at the Irish Association of Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners Conference last Thursday, 24 November.

The theme of the event was “Resilience and self-care in a rapidly changing world”.

The 2023 edition of our careers information booklet, Nursing/Midwifery: A career for you, is now available on our website.

The booklet provides information to support students applying through the 2023 CAO process for a nursing or midwifery college place.

The Board of NMBI has made decisions on findings and sanctions arising from three complaints received.

The findings are published in full on our Findings and Decisions page.

We have published a new Statement of Strategy Consultation Report 2023-2025.

The report details the feedback we received as part of the public consultation on our new strategy over the Summer, and how we are planning to respond.

We are inviting expressions of interest from registrants and members of the public to fill vacancies on the Registration Committee.

Eileen Whelan has been appointed the National Lead for the Testing, Contact Tracing and the Vaccination Programme. Prior to this, Eileen was Chief Director of Nursing & Midwifery & Quality in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

The Department of Health, in partnership with Indecon, is conducting a survey of healthcare workers, including nurses and midwives.  

The survey, which is supported by the European Commission, will inform a new system to forecast the supply and demand for nurses, midwives, doctors, and other health and social care professionals in Ireland. 

A round up of the latest health related news stories including:

• New National Forensic Mental Health Service opens
• HSE encourages people to get their winter vaccines
• National Nursing Home Experience Survey findings published

Anne Marie Duffy: Board member, member of the Education, Training and Standards Committee and the Fitness to Practise Committee (2011)