Nurses, Midwives And Health Visitors Act 1997

Ann Keen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997. [11826]

Mr. Milburn
The Government have commissioned an independent and fundamental review of the current operations of the five statutory bodies created by the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997—the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and the National Boards for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting in the four countries of the United Kingdom.