Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has recently welcomed three overseas nurses to the team who have completed the Adaptation programme to become Band 5 Registered Nurses.   The Health Board runs the Adaptation programme to support nurses from overseas in gaining their Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) pin which means they can practice as a registered nurse in the UK.   Having successfully completed the programme Christine John, Maureen Burrows and Sonia Elias are now working as nurses…

  Proposals to overhaul midwifery education in the UK have been outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) today. These proposals aim to ensure that the UK is the best and safest place to have a baby. As part of its UK-wide consultation on the future of midwifery education, the regulator has set out the draft skills and knowledge the next generation midwives will need to learn so they can deliver great care in the years to come. Under…