[1] It led to the establishment of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) and national boards for each country of the UK, to be responsible for education, training, regulation and disciplinary action of nurses, midwives and health visitors.

[2][3] The Act was developed by a committee established to implement the recommendations of the Briggs Report of 1972.

[2] Midwives such as Brenda Mee fought to ensure that midwives would be the majority on each midwifery committee, and that their views would be represented when proposals were put forward concerning midwifery.

The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992 established that investigation of misconduct was the responsibility of the UKCC and not the national boards.

[5] The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 made adjustments to the structure and composition of the UKCC.