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Regulation & Employment
All posts relating to industry Regulation and to Employment Issues.

Our vexatious referral: lack of insight or a grief response?
Jul 2025
NMCWatch has been working with Simon Holborn, from Humans Ltd, for a number of years now. It...

Persistence through the FOI swamp
Feb 2025
Despite constant barriers, our chief Freedom of Information requester has been plugging away at...

Help Roger Kline investigate – deadline 31 Jan
Jan 2025
Roger Kline is launching research into workplace investigations. As part of this, he is inviting...

Job applications: disclosing past investigations is prejudicial and intrusive.
Dec 2024
The issue of disclosing past investigations, particularly those that concluded with "no case to...

The number of FtP referrals by NHS Trusts – data release
Nov 2024
Today, NMCWatch is releasing a unique set of data on the number of fitness to practice (FtP)...
Remember your Code of Conduct NMC Council
Aug 2024
Letter to reg council members 20.8.24 Requesting vote of no confidence in Chair – Sir David Warren...

Moving on from FtP but no escape from disclosure.
Apr 2024
Back in 2017 … Following my strike-off order, I was lucky to be able to return immediately to my...

Case study 22 – Upholding transparency and fairness: NMC must reform procedures for evidence disclosure and accountability
Feb 2024
This midwife qualified in 2014 and began her career working at a Trust in North-East England...
Diary of a Registrant accused
Feb 2024
This is a direct account from a member of NMCWatch who has consented for us to publish, but who...
Do regulators have a responsibility to safeguard those under investigation?
Jan 2024
Warning – this article may be triggering. Issues around suicide, mental health, and depression are...
The NMC is still failing with FtP.
Sep 2023
We ask, does it want to change, or is this lack of insight too ingrained in a process that is no...

Voluntary or Agreed Removal – podcast
May 2023
Our panel of experts sat down to discuss the new NMC policy of Agreed Removal, which replaces...

Whistleblowing regulation event
Mar 2023
Today I was delighted to be invited to speak at the Whistleblowers UK event looking at their plans...
Complicit regulation
Jan 2023
Everyone is painfully aware of the state of the current situation with our Healthcare service. It...
Rules and regs of FtP
Nov 2022
The following are the rules and guidance that the FtP process falls under - this page will grow as...