We would like to wish our Director of Fitness to Practise, Colm O’Leary, well as he leaves NMBI after four years.  

Colm has worked in professional regulation for over 18 years. He was responsible for the establishment of the Register of Teachers in 2006 and previously served as Director of Registration in CORU, the health and social care professionals regulator.  

Colm joined us as Director of Registration in 2019 and played a pivotal role in the implementation of our digitisation agenda and in the launch of our new registration system, MyNMBI.   

Since November 2020, he has overseen the Fitness to Practise Department and has ensured all complaints made about nurses and midwives are handled fully, fairly and transparently in accordance with the legislation which gives us our regulatory powers. 

He has used the breadth of his experience to improve all aspects of fitness to practise. He rolled out remote and hybrid inquiries during Covid-19 and has implemented all the newly amended provisions of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 relating to fitness to practise. 

The Board of NMBI wished Colm well at their meeting last week and acknowledged his lasting contribution to the organisation and the significant change he implemented during his time on our senior management team.  

All of his colleagues at NMBI would like to thank him for his support and guidance and we wish him every success in the future.