To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to request those nursing professionals whose registration has lapsed in the last five years to return to work in NHS Nightingale Hospitals.
Answered on
4 May 2020
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England, introduced a temporary registration process on 27 March. The NMC has written to all professionals who have left the register in the past five years, inviting them to join the temporary register.
NHS Professionals launched the COVID-19 Rapid Response service to enable healthcare workers, including registered nurses who are not currently working in the National Health Service, to move quickly and safely to the frontline to help to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. Staff are deployed to clinical settings on the basis of their geographical location, skills and availability.