Under existing Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) revalidation requirements, nurses must complete 35 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) to demonstrate continued safe and effective practice for revalidation. The NMC has announced it plans to review and update its revalidation process and code of conduct. Undertaking CPD helps nurses to stay up to date with changing practice and policies, and develop new skills to improve patient care and progress their careers. But should nurses devote more time to CPD or is the current requirement sufficient, bearing in mind all the hands-on work they do, and staffing pressures in healthcare? Members of Nursing Standard’s readers’ panel give their views.