ATTENTION PINOY NURSES, MIDWIVES | Aiza Ellao Racque Casabuena Alvaira Werlyn Dee Garces Richie Deomampo Angelica Famela Mercado Suarez Jayjay Perez Liza Catapang Imelda Manalo Dela Cruz Marizel Marco Che Che Duarte Eguia Janeth Rose Sagala Hernandez Irene Belarmino Dimaandal Rechelle J. Bathan-Apego UK implements new registration process Starting September 2014, the United Kingdom Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will implement a new application process for the registration of nurses and midwives bound for the UK who were educated outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said in a news release Thursday. The new process would cover Filipino nurses and midwives. Citing a report of Labor Attaché to the UK Joan Lourdes Lavilla, Baldoz said the process includes the “conduct of a test of competence, which will replace the overseas nursing programs (ONP), and adaption to midwifery programs (AMP).” The test of competence consists of two parts: a computer-based multiple-choice examination and a practical objective-structured clinical examination (OSCE). The costs of the tests are yet to be determined. According to Lavillas report, the computer-based multiple examination will be accessible in many countries. These countries, including those where significant numbers of non-EU/EAA educated nurses and midwives are recruited to the UK, will be announced later, she said. The practical exam, or the OSCE, on the other hand, will be held in the UK, initially at a test center at the University of Northampton, to be subsequently broadened out to encompass more centers. Lavilla further reported that the new application process will enable applicants to prepare for the test of competence in their own country before relocating to the UK. The computer-based examination is the first part of the test of competence and must be successfully completed before nurses and midwives can undertake the OSCE in the UK, Lavilla explained. With this, applicants can plan and save for the cost of coming to the UK to complete the OSCE, she added. The design and structure of the test of competence will be publicly available to help the candidates to prepare for the test. This information will indicate which competencies will be assessed in the computer-based test and those which may be assessed by the OSCE. For non-EU/EEA-educated applicants who have already joined the NMC register, the transition arrangements are as follows: Applications processed before October 2014 will continue to be processed using the current arrangements and applicants will receive a decision letter requiring them to complete the ONP or AMP within two years from the date of the decision letter.In October 2014, non-EU/EAA-educated applicants who have been issued with a decision letter prior to September 2014 will be informed of the new test of competence and offered a choice of accessing the current program or the test of competence.For applications received from October 2014, the test of competence will be the only route to UK registration for non-EU/EEA-educated nurses and midwives. Finally, Labor Attache Lavilla said interested applicants can access additional information regarding the application process at the following link:nmc-uk.org/Documents/Registration/Information%20for%20applicants%20-%20overseas%202014.pdf
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 13:07:41 +0000
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