Advanced practice toolkit

Currently, within nursing advanced practice requires no additional regulation except for prescribing. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) commissioned a review by the Nuffield Trust in 2023. This review concluded that regulation of nursing and midwifery was required.

The NMC are proposing

•  developing standards of proficiency for advanced level practice (and associated programme standards)
• adopting a collaborative approach to develop a UK-wide advanced practice principles framework incorporating a shared position or definition of advanced level practice
• ensuring that advanced level practice requirements are included in the wider review of revalidation and the Code scheduled for 2025/26.

For pharmacy colleagues advanced accreditation from the core advanced practice curriculum requirements is awarded by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, but the regulation of advanced practice is via the General Pharmaceutical Council.

AHP advanced practice position

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Helen Gough provides an update on the NMC review. The HCPC review identified no risks to public safety as a result of advanced practice and released this Position statement on 9^th May 2024.

Regulators such as the NMC, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) have revalidation requirements, and these vary across professions.