NMC revalidation tracker
Every bit of evidence in one place, and a portfolio PDF when you’re ready to submit.
Who it’s for
Every UK nurse and midwife on the NMC register has to revalidate every three years. The tracker is available on every NURSE and MIDWIFE Sessional account. If your profession is anything else (GP, pharmacist, allied health) the page isn’t shown.
The five evidence categories Sessional tracks
NMC revalidation has eight requirements in total. Sessional tracks the five that are evidence-bearing; the remaining three (a health and character declaration, a professional indemnity arrangement declaration, and your fee payment) are completed directly on nmc.org.uk at submission.
- 450 practice hours over three years (single registration). Dual nurse and midwife registrants need 450 hours in each part of the register, totalling 900 hours; triple registrants including nursing associate need 1,350. Counted automatically from your logged shifts (CONFIRMED, DELIVERED, INVOICE_READY, INVOICED, or PAID). Cancelled shifts don’t count; neither do OFFERED ones you haven’t accepted.
- 35 hours of CPD, of which at least 20 must be participatory (with other professionals). Enter each CPD activity via the accordion form on the revalidation page with topic, hours, and optional description / activity type / participatory split.
- 5 written reflective accounts, each linked to one or more parts of the NMC Code (Prioritise people / Practise effectively / Preserve safety / Promote professionalism and trust). Each account reflects on a CPD activity, a piece of practice-related feedback, or an event from your practice. Short prose fields for what happened, what you learned, how it changed your practice. Anonymise: don’t name patients or colleagues.
- 5 pieces of practice-related feedback. Patient, colleague, manager, peer, or other: enter source, summary, optional context.
- 1 confirmation discussion with a confirmer. The NMC’s preferred order is: your line manager (they don’t need to be NMC-registered or any particular band); if you don’t have a line manager, an NMC-registered nurse, midwife, or nursing associate; if neither is available, another UK-regulated healthcare professional (GMC doctor, GPhC pharmacist, HCPC paramedic / physiotherapist, etc.). Family, close friends, and anyone with a clear conflict of interest are not accepted.
How the dashboard works
Open /dashboard/revalidation. You’ll see:
- An accordion for adding evidence with four tabs (CPD / Reflective / Feedback / Confirmation). Click a tab, fill the inline form, Save. Midwife profiles see a fifth tab, “Midwifery competencies”, which is covered separately on the midwifery competency page.
- Six counter cards: practice hours, CPD hours, participatory CPD, reflective accounts, feedback, confirmation. Each with a progress bar against the NMC target and a green “Met” tag when you’ve hit it.
- Recent entries: the five most-recent items in each category with a Delete link if you need to remove a typo.
- Download portfolio PDF button in the header: generates a single PDF combining the cover, summary, and every entry. This is the document you submit alongside your revalidation.
Cycle window
Note
Heads-up on the cycle end date.Sessional currently treats “three years before today” as the cycle window. That’s fine when your NMC submission date is imminent but means the window drifts forward every day if you’re mid-cycle. If you have set your PIN renewal date on your profile, the cycle window anchors to it. Otherwise the cover page treats today as the cycle end date, so download the portfolio PDF close to submission time for the most accurate dates.
Editing and deleting entries
Each row in the recent-entries list has an inline Delete button with a two-click confirmation (Delete? Yes / No). Editing is not yet supported: if you got a detail wrong, delete and re-enter.
Privacy
- Everything you enter stays on UK servers, encrypted at rest, and is only visible to you and Sessional support staff if you explicitly ask for help.
- The portfolio PDF is generated on demand and streamed directly to you. No cached copy is stored. If you need a fresh one, click Download again.
- Patient identifiable information should NOT appear in reflective accounts: the NMC guidance is explicit about this. Anonymise before you write.
Frequently asked questions
Can I import CPD certificates from before I started using Sessional for NMC revalidation?
Upload the certificates as Documents (Documents tab on your profile) with expiry if applicable. Then add a CPD entry for each one on the revalidation page. We're looking at a bulk-import feature for migrating existing portfolios.
How does the NMC revalidation tracker handle part-time nurses or returning from a career break?
The 450-hour target applies to your active revalidation, regardless of whether you work full-time or part-time. If you cannot show 450 hours when revalidation lands you may be removed from the register; readmission is then a separate process governed by the NMC’s Return to Practice standards (450 hours of practice in the three years before re-applying, OR 750 hours in the preceding five years; if you meet neither, a Return to Practice programme or Test of Competence is required before the NMC will readmit you). The tracker shows your raw hours; you can also download the PDF and write a cover letter explaining your circumstances.
Is the Sessional revalidation portfolio endorsed by the NMC?
No. The portfolio is your evidence, not an NMC-endorsed document. The PDF exports to a format that mirrors what the NMC asks you to prepare, but the regulator only recognises their own portal submission.
Does the NMC revalidation tracker cover nursing associates?
Nursing associates follow the same NMC revalidation framework as nurses and midwives: 450 practice hours over three years, 35 hours CPD, five reflective accounts, five pieces of feedback, and a confirmation. The tracker is built around the nurse / midwife terminology but the targets apply identically. Contact us if you'd like the labels relabelled for NA.
What happens when I hit all six NMC revalidation targets?
Each counter shows a green Met tag. You can still add more entries (the NMC likes seeing healthy evidence rather than bare-minimum numbers). Hit Download portfolio PDF when ready and submit on nmc.org.uk.