Guide
NMC revalidation checklist: all eight requirements
Updated
Eight requirements, three mandatory forms, one online declaration. Nothing here is difficult on its own; the difficulty is sequencing.
The eight requirements
| Requirement | What it is | Form |
|---|---|---|
| Practice hours | 450 hours for one registration, 900 for two, 1,350 for triple | Log template, recommended |
| CPD | 35 hours, at least 20 participatory | Log template, recommended |
| Practice-related feedback | Five pieces, written or verbal, formal or informal | Log template, recommended |
| Written reflective accounts | Five accounts, each linked to the Code | Reflective accounts form, mandatory |
| Reflective discussion | Face to face with another NMC registrant, covering all five accounts | Reflective discussion form, mandatory |
| Health and character | A declaration made in your application | In the online application |
| Professional indemnity arrangement | A declaration that you have one in place | In the online application |
| Confirmation | A confirmer attests that you have met the requirements | Confirmation form, mandatory |
The eight requirements are listed on the NMC's revalidation overview and each has its own guidance page; all were read on 15 August 2026. Three forms are mandatory, and the NMC describes the practice hours, CPD and feedback templates as recommended rather than required.
What you send and what you keep
You submit an application online through MyNMC, which requires an account, so check you can log in before you need to. The reflective discussion form and confirmation form are not submitted. The NMC asks you to keep them safe as part of your records, in paper or electronic format, and reminds you that both contain personal data about another person which you are responsible for protecting.
Where it usually stalls
- Participatory hours, not total CPD. People reach 35 hours easily and then find fewer than 20 of them involved other professionals.
- The reflections are written but not on the form. The reflective accounts form is mandatory, so five excellent reflections in a notebook do not satisfy the requirement until they are transferred.
- Confirmation left to the last month. The NMC asks for a face-to-face conversation in the final year; diaries, not rules, are what make this hard.
- Identifiable information. The NMC repeatedly warns against recording anything that could identify another person, across feedback, reflective accounts and the discussion.
If life has got in the way
The NMC publishes support for registrants whose circumstances have made the requirements harder to meet, naming disability, illness, pregnancy, a maternity period or any other life event. The support it describes is help using MyNMC, or a short extension to your application date, applied for through its Support to help you revalidate guidance sheet. That is a route to ask about early rather than a reason to leave things late.