NHS Education for Scotland
A skilled and sustainable workforce for a healthier Scotland
NHS Education for Scotland
A skilled and sustainable workforce for a healthier Scotland
We support nurses and midwives to return to practice.
Return to practice requires the readmission to the nursing register.
The NMC has a number of requirements for this.
You can find detailed information on this process on the Nursing and Midwifery Council website.
If you are on the Covid-19 temporary register, you can re-apply to the NMC permanent register, in line with the Return to Practice (RtP) standards and readmission process outline above.
Once the Covid-19 emergency is lifted, the temporary register will be closed and you will no longer be able to practise as a registered nurse or midwife.
Detailed information is available on the Nursing and Midwifery Council website
The Scottish Government supports those wishing to return to the NMC register.
They have introduced a new funding model where candidates apply to an NHS Board or independent employer (for example, care home) for a returner vacancy.
The Scottish Government will fund programme fees for candidates employed under certain conditions.
NES has been commissioned to manage the funding for the programme at the two Universities in Scotland:
Irene Kennedy at Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr Kate Goodhand at Robert Gordon University
Debra Heron at NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Practice Education Team at NHS Borders
Christina Hoare at NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Doreen Smith at NHS Fife (Website)
Nicola Riddell at NHS Forth Valley
Lorraine Allan at Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Laura Reid or Lindsey Gillespie at NHS Grampian
David Lamont at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
John Sinclair at NHS Highlands and Islands
Marion Malone at NHS Lanarkshire
Return to Practice Team at NHS Lothian (Website)
Anna Nicolson at NHS Western Isles (Website)
Jacqui Neil at Scottish Care (Website)
Last updated: 27/09/2020