Nurses: Registration
Commons · Question 40615 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that only registered nurses are able to use the title of nurse.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 Mar 2025
The Government recognises that the protection in law of certain professional titles is important for public safety. Protecting a title provides assurance to the public that the person using that title is competent and safe to practise.Although ‘registered...