Fiona McQueen, Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Government and Karen Reid, Chief Executive, Care Inspectorate have written to all service providers to raise awareness of the forthcoming changes to the re-registration of nurses and what this means for you if you employ registered nurses.

You may already be aware that the NMC has signalled its intention to introduce a model of revalidation for all registered nurses and midwives. The model of revalidation will bring changes that build upon the current post registration and practice (PREP) requirements, and whilst revalidation is the professional responsibility of an individual registrant, it will have implications for employers too. Planning is now at an advanced stage, and the first nurses and midwives will be expected to revalidate from 1 April 2016.

Please read the full letter.