Picture (L to R): Dr Ray Healy, Director of Registration, NMBI; Kathyann Barrett, Head of Operations, NMBI; Sheila McClelland, NMBI CEO; Akhilesh Mishra, Indian Ambassador to Ireland and Dawn Johnston, Director of Midwifery, NMBI

We were delighted to welcome the Indian Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency, Akhilesh Mishra, to our office last month.

HE Mishra met with our CEO, Sheila McClelland, and other members of our senior management team to discuss the contribution Indian nurses and midwives make to the Irish health services.

Speaking of the visit, Sheila said: “As a regulator, engaging with our stakeholders and registrants is an important aspect of our work so that we can improve and evolve with the changing healthcare environment. Having the opportunity to meet with the Ambassador allows us to ensure we continue to help applicants join our Register.

We value the contribution Indian nurses and midwives make to the provision of healthcare in this country and meeting the Ambassador is a great opportunity for us to express our appreciation and further support our applicants and registrants”.

During the meeting, our Director of Registration, Dr Ray Healy, provided HE Mishra with an update on the registration process for overseas applicants.  

Dr Healy said: “This is the second year we have met with the Ambassador and we were delighted to discuss the advances we have made to assist Indian nurses and midwives wishing to come onto the NMBI Register. Last year we published our State of the Register 2022 and from the data we can see that 2,364 Indian qualified nurses and midwives joined our Register for the first time between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022”.