1. Nursing and Midwifery Council Protecting the public through professional standards. NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

2. Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 Public protection Fitness for practice through professional standards NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

3. The Nursing and Midwifery Council has 35 members: 11 lay people 8 nurses 8 midwives 8 health visitors (Elections will be held in 2005) NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

4. Key responsibilities to: maintain the register set and improve standards give advice deal with misconduct quality assure education set standards and provide guidance for LSAs (for midwifery supervision) NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

5. Major tasks set out in the Order: quality assurance of education (2002) midwifery advice and guidance(2002) establish a new register(2004) new professional conduct rules(2005) election scheme(by 2005) NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

6. Quality assurance - the strategic tasks: Establishing the standards of education and training for fitness for practice for programmes that lead to registration or to recording on the register. Taking steps to satisfy ourselves that those standards have been met NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

7. Quality assurance – the context: A UK-wide responsibility The closure of the UKCC and National Boards A new spirit of collaboration NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

8. Quality assurance - the model: The ‘visitor’ model for England Service level agreements for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

9. Quality assurance – the requirements: Programme specific regulatory criteria Standards and guidance Codes and benchmarks NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

10. Quality Assurance - the process: institutional approval approval/re-approval annual monitoring major review NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

11. Quality Assurance – practice learning: Outcome focused activity Sufficient resources Quality learning environments Adequate support and supervision Valid and reliable assessment Robust AP(E)L processes Parity between theory and practice NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

12. Quality Assurance – the future? new NMC standards adjustments to meet the needs of the new register ongoing evaluation and review of the UK- wide QA model collaboration to streamline QA process in England NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

13. The QA Team Education Advisers Professional Advisers Garth LongPam Walter Roger ThompsonJanice Gosby Susan Way Quality Assurance Administrators Janet LawsonSuzanne Fookes Tel: 0207 333 6560 Email: QATeam@nmc-uk.orgQATeam@nmc-uk.org NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL