What to read

One page for each category in the test specification, numeracy and clinical. What the section assesses, what it is worth, where marks go, and a sample question with its explanation.

The stations, how marking works, resits and fees, and NEWS2. The four clinical skills stations are performed on manikins and nothing here simulates them.

The questions candidates ask before they book. What the NMC publishes about the pass mark, what happens after a failed part, and the route from an overseas qualification to a PIN.

Short cards on the areas the CBT keeps returning to, written to the same proficiency statements the questions are tagged to. Keep your own notes on any page.

A finished report from a full mock, with both parts scored separately and every blueprint category broken out. No account needed, and no pass or fail on it, because the NMC's published pass marks are set for its own papers rather than ours.

Score a set of observations, parameter by parameter, with the total and the escalation band it falls in. The same arithmetic the OSCE simulator uses, published on its own because it is useful beyond this exam.

Around a tenth of the clinical paper is specific to your field of practice and none of the numeracy is. What that means for how you revise.

The NMC's own material

Worth saying plainly: the NMC publishes the blueprint, the test specification, a candidate booklet and a reading list for each field, all free. Everything here is built on those documents and none of it replaces them. If you only do one thing before booking, read the blueprint for your field.