HPCA |Nursing and Midwifery
Welcome to theNursing and Midwifery Council
of New South Wales
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Our Council is made up of fifteen members, including nurses, midwives, community members and a legal member.

We manage complaints about the clinical care and treatment, professional behaviour or health of registered nurses and midwives in NSW.

We manage complaints about the conduct, performance and health of registered health practitioners and students in NSW.

Complaints are concerns about the care, treatment or behaviour of a registered health practitioner.

Our website can provide you with more information about the assessment and management of a complaint.

Our mission To protect public safety and maintain professional standards through the effective regulation of nurses and midwives and the development of collaborative relationships.
Nursing and Midwifery Council Latest news and updates
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For the 2022/23 reporting period, the joint annual report of the 15 NSW Health Professional Councils (Councils) is now available.
The NSW Health Professional Councils and Health Professional Councils Authority have launched their joint Aboriginal Cultural Safety Strategy 2023 –...
The National Boards and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) have issued a warning over unproven IV treatments
Social media is a public forum which is quick to access and can easily be misread or used in an unprofessional manner. Health practitioners need to...
Dear Nurses and Midwives The Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW expresses our support, gratitude and admiration to all nurses and midwives across...
Ahpra has made updates to a range of resources in its Advertising hub to better assist health practitioners and providers of regulated health...
We are all becoming increasingly aware of trauma – experienced by communities, people receiving our nursing and midwifery care, and by ourselves in...
Kerryn Boland portrait
Kerryn Boland PSM, Community Member NMC Kerryn Boland joined the Council in 2018 as one of three community members. In this interview she shares the...
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW has published a video that provides an overview of the performance assessment process. A performance...
We acknowledge the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. We acknowledge the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pay respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.