The NMC strategy and its alignment with the education strategy 2015 -2020Anne TrotterAssistant Director, Education and QA16 October 2014

Context: two years on from the strategic review

• substantial improvements• much stronger now

than 2012 • progress implemented

or underway across all four areas

• now time to look to the future

How we protect the public

• Our core functions support the integrity and meaning of the register

• A source of public confidence, employer assurance and professional standing

• Using intelligence, communication and working with others will increase our impact

Our education function

We set:• Standards for pre registration nursing and

midwifery education• Standards for specific post registration

nursing and midwifery education

We:• Quality assure education programmes

against our standards – this includes visits to practice placements

Strategic priorities• Effective regulation:

continue improving core regulatory functions

• Intelligence: better use of data and insight

• Comms and collaboration: better understanding, stronger partnerships

• Effective organisation: people, systems, resources, customer care

Effective regulation: improving our education functionBetter public protection via education• Pre-registration standards command public

confidence and drive public protection• Contemporary post-registration standards

driven by need for professional regulation• QA of education delivers public protection

effectively, addresses risks and highlights safe, professional practice

Using knowledge intelligently to protect the public• Evidence informed education standards

development, evaluation and QA referenced across regulatory functions (FtP, registration and education QA)

• Transparent and accurate reporting• Exchange of information with other regulators

and relevant organisations

Use of intelligence: proactive education outputs

Collaboration and communication: creating enduring connectionsRelationships that support our priorities• Improved public profile and understanding of

education• Enhanced understanding and trust of key

stakeholders: patients and public, commissioners, employers, students and educators

• Effective UK wide collaboration on strategic and operational educational matters

Effective regulation:

Outcome based standards

Use of intelligence:

QA dataRisk data

Primary research & evaluation data

Collaboration and communication:

Proactive Engagement :

education stakeholders

Providing a contemporary and confident interface between education, practice

policy and people

Protecting the public

Finite resources

External drivers

Changing priorities

Challenges

Early considerations• Engage and listen• Evaluation of pre registration standards• Transform post registration standards• Continue with direction of travel of QA

Next steps• Small strategic listening event in late October• Working with others• Development of a draft education strategy that

will be presented to Council by the end of 2014• UK wide listening events• Analyse comments to inform final education

strategy which will be presented to Council in 2015

Thank you and any questions?