The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has set up a new engagement forum for international nursing and midwifery associations (INMAs).
Writing on its website, the NMC wrote:
“To strengthen our understanding of the experiences of internationally educated and diaspora professionals, we’ve set up a new engagement forum for international nursing and midwifery associations (INMAs). INMAs are organisations who provide wellbeing and career support for internationally educated and diaspora professionals working in the UK.”
NMC registration data shows that the growth of the UK nursing and midwifery workforce has become more reliant than ever on internationally educated and diaspora professionals joining our register.
As highlighted in its Spotlight on Nursing and Midwifery report, some of these professionals face racist and derogatory language, and they don’t always feel respected or treated the same as colleagues. This impacts them, and consequently, the safe delivery of people’s care.
The INMA Forum will be a strategic engagement group bringing INMAs together with the NMC to:
- Ensure that expertise, evidence, experience and knowledge from internationally educated and diaspora professionals inform and challenge all that the NMC does as we regulate, support and influence.
- Actively involve internationally educated and diaspora professionals in co-producing the NMC’s strategic work as it considers the future of nursing and midwifery regulation in the UK.
- Enable the NMC to work together with internationally educated and diaspora professionals to develop strategic policy and operational decisions, helping us support safe, effective and kind care for the public.
The INMA Forum will not be part of the NMC’s formal governance and decision-making structure, but instead a small number of strategic engagement groups, that influence and inform our work.
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, said:
“I’m delighted to be leading this new initiative, which aims to amplify the voices of international and diaspora professionals working in the UK and help ensure that they receive the right support to deliver high-quality care for people.
“These brilliant professionals all make a vital and welcome contribution to the public’s health and wellbeing. Some have told us, however, that racism, discrimination, and inequality in the workplace are having a damaging impact on them and their ability to provide safe, effective and kind care.
“With health and care services increasingly dependent on internationally educated and diaspora professionals, it’s paramount they can practice in a safe, inclusive and supportive environment, which enables them to thrive for the benefit of the public.”
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