NMC introduces ‘user-friendly’ registration platform

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a new ‘user-friendly’ and ‘more accessible’ online registration platform.

Registrants and education institutions can now access a new portal to manage registrations with the NMC after the launch of  ‘MyNMC’ – replacing NMC online.

This move has been made as part of measures to ‘modernise’ the regulator’s processes and ‘strengthen organisational infrastructure’.

The new platform includes improvements to all portals used by nursing, midwifery professionals and education institutions, including the Approved Education Institution (AEI) portal.

The NMC described the two platforms as having ‘familiar’ core processes but states that MyNMC is ‘designed to make the system clearer, more accessible and more secure for everyone who uses it’.

That includes more ‘consistent navigation’ due a new design and improved layout, such as having a better colour contrast and text readability to make tasks ‘simpler and more inclusive’.

Tom Moore, NMC’s chief information officer, said: ‘MyNMC is designed to make key processes faster, simpler, and more accessible.

‘The new platform will feel familiar, while offering improvements that simplify essential processes like revalidation and international registration.

‘These upgrades are part of the NMC’s wider digital transformation. By modernising our technology, we are making it easier for professionals to engage with us and ensuring the public benefits from a more responsive and effective regulator.’

The new platform comes amid the regulator’s plans to increases its annual fee from £120 to £143 per year, equivalent to an additional £1.92 per month.

The proposed increase has been dubbed as ‘unfair’ by Unison, which has said that nursing and midwifery staff ‘should not be expected’ to accept this additional cost.

A Unison survey of more than 3,000 registrants recently revealed that more than a third of nurses and midwives would ‘reconsider’ renewing their registration should a proposed fee increase go ahead.

The regulator had a public consultation on the proposal earlier this year, accepting responses from industry professionals and members of the public.

Responses have not yet been made public. However, a final decision is expected to be made by the regulator in spring.