Nurses and midwives will be shocked to read in this week’s Nursing Standard that their Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) re-registration fees are set to soar, from £76 a year to £120. The 58 per cent increase is being justified on various grounds, principally the cost of clearing a backlog of fitness to practise cases that the NMC has allowed to build up.
Nursing Standard. 26, 38, 1-1. doi: 10.7748/ns2012.05.26.38.1.p8413
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