Janet James change of role
Janet is to become the Deputy Director of Reviews. This reflects the changes in her contribution to the level of operational support for Managing Reviewers, Reviewers and the programme of work overall. Moving into Year 2 of the contract creates an opportunity to build on the success of the last year and to realign the distribution of responsibilities. Janet Duberley will retain the technical/professional leadership of the contract, whilst Janet James assumes a stronger operational role.

Janet Duberley and Janet James on call rota
From 1 November 2007 Janet Duberley and Janet James will be working an on call rota each covering alternate weeks to provide support and advice to reviewers and to answer queries from education providers. Please direct queries to your named Project Officer who will be able to re-direct your enquiry as necessary.

NMC circulars
NMC circulars are emailed to reviewers by HLSP as they are issued, with due regard to the reviewers field of practice. Below is a list of the NMC circulars which have been issued in the last 6 months. Copies can be downloaded from the NMC website›:-

20/2006 - Standards to support learning and assessment in practice. 04/10/2006

21/2006 - Preceptorship Guideline. 03/10/2006

23/2006 - Criteria for migration via Portfolio to the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing part of the NMC register. 04/10/2006

24/2006 - Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) – Extension to the Length of Programme. 04/10/2006

25/2006 - Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) – Eligibility Criteria when undertaken through programmes leading to a Specialist Practitioner Community Qualification (SPQ). 04/10/2006

26/2007 - Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) – requirements for education and training in a differing ‘field of specialist community public health nursing practice’. 04/10/2006

27/2006 - Change to upload requirements on completion of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCHPN) programme to enable registration. 04/10/2006

28/2006 - Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing – requirements to inform NMC on successful completion of a programme. 04/10/2006

29/2006 - Phasing out Specialist Practice Qualifications leading to health visiting, school nursing and occupational health nursing. 04/10/2006

32/2006 - Stepping off and stepping on to pre-registration midwifery programmes of education.
24/10/2006

35/2006 - Advance information regarding Essential Skills Clusters for Pre-registration Nursing programmes. 10/10/2006

36/2006 - Guidelines for meeting the EU Directives for general care required for nurses from overseas and EU countries. 09/11/2006

01/2007 - English language requirements for overseas trained nurses and midwives. 08/01/2007

02/2007 - Ownership and sharing of midwifery records. 12/01/2007

03/2007 - The care of babies born alive at the threshold of viability. 17/01/2007

04/2007 - Fitness to Practise – Changes to the Council’s Register: 01 - 30 November 2006. 17/01/2007

07/2007 - Introduction of Essential Skills Clusters for Pre-registration Nursing Programmes. 20/03/2007

08/2007 - Revised arrangements for the introduction of standards for practice teachers. 02/04/2007

09/2007 - Strengthened requirements on Criminal Records Bureau checks for eligibility to undertake preparation to prescribe as a Nurse Independent Prescriber. 02/04/2007

10/2007 - Additional requirements to include within the Indicative Content of Nurse Independent Prescribing education and training programmes. 02/04/2007

12/2007 - Guidance on selection and appointment of Local Supervising Authority Midwifery Officers. 18/05/2007

13/2007 - Preparing midwife mentors to meet the NMC Standards to support learning and assessment in practice (standards 08-06). 18/05/2007

14/2007 - Review of pre-registration midwifery education - decisions made by the Midwifery Council.

15/2007 - Guidance for Local Supervising Authority (LSA) Annual Report submission to the NMC. 11/05/2007

17/2007 - Approval Process and timetable to implement the Standards to support leaning and assessment in practice for NMC approved programme providers. 26/07/2007

18/2007 - Standards and Guidance for Adaptation to Midwifery Programmes. 26/07/2007

19/2007 - Standards for the preparation and practice of supervisors of midwives. 26/07/2007

22/2007 - Prescribing for children and young people. 20/08/2007

23/2007 - Introduction of Essential Skills Clusters for pre-registration midwifery education programmes. 18/09/2007

24/2007 - Pre-registration midwifery education programmes: progression from one academic level to the next academic level. 18/09/2007

25/2007 - Grading of clinical practice for pre-registration midwifery education programmes. 19/09/2007

26/2007 - Applying due regard to learning and assessment in practice. 21/09/2007

27/2007 - Sign-off status and Preceptorship for Practice Teacher students. 21/09/2007

28/2007 - Guidance for small scale service providers in applying the NMC Standards to support learning and assessment in practice. 21/09/2007


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