Audit and analysis of lapsed NMC registrations

Dr Carol Chu
All nurses working in the UK must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), and a lapse can lead to problems for nurses and practices.

If a practice discovers that a nurse is employed without current NMC registration, it is important to act immediately.

This page was correct at publication on 11/03/2019. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.

Dr Carol Chu
MDU Medico-legal adviser

MB, ChB, MSc (Medical genetics), MD, MRCPI, MPhil (Medical Law) DLM Carol qualified at Sheffield University. She attained her CCST in clinical genetics and spent 13 years as a consultant clinical geneticist, the last six of these also being the Head of Department, managing not only the clinical department; doctors, counsellors and administrative staff (including records) but also the three laboratories. She left the NHS to pursue a longstanding interest in medical ethics and medical law as a medicolegal adviser for the MDU in 2011. She was also chair of a research ethics committee for 10 years.

David Giles

David studied at Southampton Solent University before joining the MDU in 2007. While working at the MDU, he attained his diploma in Legal Medicine from the Faculty of Forensic Medicine. He became a medico-legal assistant in 2015 and provides advice and assistance to members on ethical and legal matters arising from their care of patients.