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1. Online - you will need to set up an account to make a payment online.
2. Lo-Call 1890 200116 (Republic of Ireland only) to make payment by credit or debit card.

3,877 nurses and midwives were registered to enter the Irish health system in 2016, the largest figure in five years the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) has stated.

2,055 of these were overseas registrations, a 98% increase on 2015, with 1,822 Irish-trained applicants granted registration which is also the largest figure in this regard for five years. The number of registrations so far this year (21/02/2017) has also more than doubled relative to this point in 2016, with 630 in total registered by the regulator including 540 from overseas.

• Development of a Professional Competency Scheme
• The continuous review of standards of practice, nursing and midwifery education standards and requirements, advanced nursing and midwifery practice and professional development requirements to inform the Professional Competency Scheme
• The co-ordination and management of the working group for continued competency meetings
• Providing guidance as required to the professions and the public regarding the Professional Competency Scheme
• Representing and monitoring international, European and national developments and relations in relation to the Professional Competency Scheme
• Carrying out other appropriate tasks delegated by the Chief Education Officer.

The first call of a new UCD funding scheme focused on Personalised and Translational Medicine, and One Health is now open for applications.

The UCD Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF), is supported under the SFI-HRB-Wellcome Trust Biomedical Research Partnership, with matched funding from UCD, and aims to help UCD’s researchers overcome systemic barriers to career and network development, ultimately unlocking future research potential within the University and beyond. The fund will support high-quality research in the biomedical and clinical sciences, and medical humanities.

Research shows that a planned home birth is an acceptable and safe alternative to a planned hospital birth for some pregnant women. The introduction of an enhanced clinical governance system and structures with the availability of 18 new policies, procedures and guidelines (PPGs) is a significant step towards building assurance for women, Self Employed Community Midwives (SECMs) and for the Irish health service, and to demonstrate all that is excellent in our health services. Two Clinical Professional Seminars were delivered to ninety-eight SECMs and key professional stakeholders, by the HSE in December 2016, Athlone and Cork. The two clinical professional seminars were accredited by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and focused on the delivery of a safe, quality service through partnership working.

A database of legislation, codes of practice, standards, guidance and judicial decisions relevant to home births, and an audit tool, developed in collaboration with the Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems UCD, will be launched in April 2017. The application of the audit tool will support the building of a body of assurance for women, SECMs and the HSE.
The PPGs will be piloted by the SECMs during 2017. A dedicated email address cgg@hse.ie has been provided to receive feedback during the pilot stage of the PPGs.
The 18 evidence based PPGs are accessible online.

The next  meeting of the Registration Committe will take place on 9 May 2017.

• Job descriptions to be submitted to NMBI on or before 7 April 2017
• Portfolios to be submitted to NMBI by 21 April 2017

If you require further information, please visit our website or email advancedpractice@nmbi.ie.

The Board of NMBI has made decisions as to findings and sanctions arising from one complaint received under the Nurses Act, 1985 and six complaints received under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011.

The findings were made against Mr John Benedict Butalid De Lara (PIN 97850), Ms Mary Josephine Doyle (PIN 19178), Mr Patrick Stephen Farrell (PIN 91127), Ms Nichola Kilfeather (PIN 61520), Ms Gina M Martinez Manongas (PIN 108887), Ms Mary Frances Nielsen (PIN 46906), and Mr Allan Lasam Sanchez (PIN 97116).

The findings are published in full on NMBI's Findings and Decisions page.