Waive nurses' and midwives' £120 NMC registration fee for 2020/21.

Every year, all nurses and midwives must pay £120 to be registered with the NMC - effectively, to have a licence to work. In light of the extra strain on the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in recognition of the work of all healthcare staff, we would like this fee to be waived this year.

The level of registrations fees are a matter for independent regulators such as the General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council, and not the Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to reimburse health care professionals for professional registration fees, which you might like to sign: Reimburse health care professionals for professional registration fees

You could start a new petition calling on the Government to fund health regulators directly, so they do not need to charge a registration fee.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/