Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

What Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland does

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is the statutory regulator for the nursing and midwifery professions in Ireland, established and empowered under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011. It maintains the Register of Nurses and Midwives — 92,385 active registrants as of mid-2025 — and is responsible for setting education and registration standards, approving programmes delivered by Higher Education Institutions, overseeing continuing professional competence, and operating fitness to practise processes. Its headquarters are in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and it operates with a headcount of 51-100 employees.

Name

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Legal name

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Website

https://nmbi.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1918

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

NMBI is Ireland's independent statutory regulator for nursing and midwifery, maintaining a Register of over 92,000 professionals and setting education, registration, and professional conduct standards under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Blackrock

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Annual Registration Fees: NMBI generates revenue through annual registration fees paid by nurses and midwives on the Register of Nurses and Midwives. All nurses and midwives practising in Ireland are legally required to maintain their registration by paying the annual renewal fee. Restoration fees of €250 apply for those removed for non-payment.

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Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

NMBI is the statutory regulator for nursing and midwifery in Ireland, maintaining the Register of Nurses and Midwives and overseeing professional standards, education programme approval, and Fitness to Practise proceedings. It delivers registration, renewal, and restoration services through the MyNMBI digital portal, publishes the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics, and sets standards for undergraduate and post-registration nursing and midwifery education.

Product overview

NMBI operates as Ireland's independent statutory regulator for nursing and midwifery, offering a unified regulatory platform centered on the MyNMBI digital registration portal. The core product portfolio includes the public Register for verifying nurse/midwife credentials, the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics as the primary professional guidance document, and Fitness to Practise services for handling complaints. Supporting offerings include the Professional Competence Scheme for CPD tracking, comprehensive Education Standards governing programme approval, and engagement initiatives such as the Student Nurse Ambassador Forum and Midwifery Student Ambassador Forum. The NMBI Voice podcast provides monthly professional content. All services work together to fulfill NMBI's statutory mandate of protecting the public and maintaining professional standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MyNMBI Registration Portal Online digital registration portal enabling nurses and midwives to apply for registration, renew annual registration, update details, restore registration, voluntarily remove their name from the Register, and manage their professional standing with NMBI.
• Check the Register Publicly accessible searchable database allowing employers, patients, and the public to verify the registration status of nurses and midwives currently registered with NMBI.
• Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics Authoritative guidance document defining professional standards and ethical practice for over 90,000 registered nurses and midwives in Ireland, organised around six principles: Respect, Accountability, Competence, Trust, Collaboration, and Leadership.
• Fitness to Practise Services Regulatory investigation and inquiry services for complaints against nurses and midwives, including Preliminary Proceedings Committee review, Fitness to Practise Committee inquiries, sanctions, and restoration processes.
• Education Standards and Requirements Comprehensive standards and requirements for nursing and midwifery education programmes including undergraduate, post-registration, and specialist courses, covering programme approval, curriculum design, practice placements, and assessment criteria.
• Professional Competence Scheme Mandatory continuing professional development programme requiring nurses and midwives to maintain competence through CPD hours, practice hours, and reflective learning, with a pilot in 2025 and national rollout planned for 2027.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92,385 nurses and midwives registered as of June 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HIQA (Health Information and Quality Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNMBI has a Memorandum of Understanding with HIQA for collaboration on regulatory matters affecting healthcare quality and safety in Ireland.
• Pharmaceutical Society of IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNMBI has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland for collaboration on matters relating to medicines management and prescribing standards.
• Dental CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNMBI has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dental Council for collaboration on professional regulatory matters.
• ONMSD (Office of Nursing and Midwifery Services Director)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNMBI partners with ONMSD on events such as the Irish Times Higher Options careers fair, collaborative storytelling events for International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day, and professional development initiatives.
• Pflegekammer Nordrhein-WestfalenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman nursing regulator that joined virtually to share insights into their student ambassador programme during NMBI's Second Student Nurse Ambassador Forum.
• RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCSI administers the aptitude test for internationally educated nurses seeking to join the NMBI Register as a compensation measure. This is part of NMBI's framework for recognising qualifications from nurses educated outside the EU.
• Higher Education InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNMBI works with universities and higher education institutions across Ireland offering approved nursing and midwifery programmes. These institutions include University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University of Galway, University of Limerick, Dundalk Institute of Technology, and TUS Athlone. NMBI sets regulatory standards while HEIs design curricula that map to these standards.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, UK): The UK statutory regulator for nurses and midwives, operating under analogous legislation and providing the closest international comparison to NMBI in terms of mandate, registration model, fitness to practise functions, and educational standard-setting.
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA): Australian national regulator for nurses and midwives under AHPRA, performing equivalent functions to NMBI across registration, accreditation, and professional standards. Directly comparable in scope and statutory authority.
• Medical Council of Ireland: Ireland's statutory regulator for doctors, operating under parallel legislation and sharing regulatory functions including registration, education standards, fitness to practise, and professional ethics guidance. Direct structural peer within Ireland's healthcare regulatory ecosystem.
• Dental Council of Ireland: Irish statutory regulator for dentists, sharing NMBI's regulatory framework and having a Memorandum of Understanding with NMBI. Direct peer in scope and operating model within Ireland's professional regulatory landscape.
• Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI): Irish statutory regulator for pharmacists, with a co-existing MoU with NMBI on medicines management and prescribing standards. Direct peer in mandate, structure, and Irish regulatory ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC, UK): UK regulator covering 15 different health and care professions with analogous registration, education, and fitness to practise functions. Broader in scope but operationally similar to NMBI's regulatory functions.
• General Medical Council (GMC, UK): UK statutory medical regulator with comparable registration, revalidation, education oversight, and fitness to practise functions, although focused on doctors rather than nurses and midwives.
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN, US): US umbrella body for state nursing regulators, providing the Nurse Licensure Compact and unified regulatory framework. Comparable in function but operates across US states rather than a single jurisdiction.

Regional players

• College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO): Canadian provincial nursing regulator with equivalent mandate for registration, practice standards, and fitness to practise in Ontario. Regionally focused but directly comparable in regulatory model.
• Scottish Government - Chief Nursing Officer Directorate: Scotland's nursing and midwifery policy and workforce function, providing a regional comparator to NMBI's regulatory role within a different governance structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NMBI_ie
• Instagraminstagram.com/nmbi_ie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nursing-and-midwifery-board-of-ireland

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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