The NMC agreed last week to reverse a decision made in 2005, which meant professionals did not have to re-register as a nurse or midwife once they were registered as a specialist community public health nurse (CYP Now 5-12 December). The u-turn means health visitors will from now on have to re-register as a nurse or midwife every three years.
Health visitors registered as nurses will have to complete 450 hours of practice over three years, while those registered as midwives will have to complete 450 hours as a midwife and 450 hours as a health visitor.
The NMC's chief executive Sarah Thewlis said the change would affect just under 4,000 professionals on the register. "We need to speak to them about how it will affect them on an individual basis," she said.
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