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The regulator has pledged to put the question about bespoke standards to the public and profession during a consultation on the draft proposals, which had been postponed due to Covid-19 but is due to open early April.
However, in the letter, the community nursing leaders say bespoke standards have already been identified, but appear to have been overlooked by the NMC.
As part of the work to renew the standards, the NMC commissioned a report by consultants Pye Tait to analyse and summarise themes arising from the engagement process in 2020.
The nursing leaders behind the letter have analysed the report and said they had identified 27 bespoke standards across the SPQ community fields of practice.
A young woman studying
Applications to nursing courses in the UK have risen by almost a third this year, with more than 60,000 people expressing an interest in joining the workforce.
Health and nursing leaders put the extraordinary leap” in applications down in part to people being inspired by the work of nurses during the coronavirus pandemic. The tireless and outstanding commitment of all our nurses over the past year is the best possible advert for the nursing profession”
Mark Radford
The data, published today by the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS), showed that 60,130 people had applied to a nursing course for autumn 2021 – an increase of 32% on 2020.