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Remember your Code of Conduct NMC Council
Letter to reg council members 20.8.24 Requesting vote of no confidence in Chair – Sir David Warren To: Eileen McEneaney, Rhiannon Beaumont-Wood, Flo...
Moving on from FtP but no escape from disclosure.
Back in 2017 … Following my strike-off order, I was lucky to be able to return immediately to my previous role with a private healthcare provider...
Case study 22 – Upholding transparency and fairness: NMC must reform procedures for evidence disclosure and accountability
This midwife qualified in 2014 and began her career working at a Trust in North-East England working under the preceptorship program. Preceptorship...
Diary of a Registrant accused
This is a direct account from a member of NMCWatch who has consented for us to publish, but who wishes to remain anonymous. She had 27 charges...
Do regulators have a responsibility to safeguard those under investigation?
Warning – this article may be triggering. Issues around suicide, mental health, and depression are discussed. As we start a new year we wonder what...
The NMC is still failing with FtP.
We ask, does it want to change, or is this lack of insight too ingrained in a process that is no longer fit for purpose? PSA report is...
Voluntary or Agreed Removal – podcast
Our panel of experts sat down to discuss the new NMC policy of Agreed Removal, which replaces Voluntary Removal. Cathryn Watters is NMCWatch's...
Whistleblowing regulation event
Today I was delighted to be invited to speak at the Whistleblowers UK event looking at their plans for the Office for the Whistleblower. UK...
Complicit regulation
Everyone is painfully aware of the state of the current situation with our Healthcare service. It is described as being at breaking point and that...
Rules and regs of FtP
The following are the rules and guidance that the FtP process falls under - this page will grow as we learn more Why meetings or hearings - am I...
Persecution or protection? Regulation unhinged…
Most members of our group show incredible resilience and cope with an incredibly stressful process that is far-reaching beyond the outcome at the...
Drafting of allegations / Charges
The NMC outlines why they have guidance on drafting of charges and it is fundamentally to ensure clarity, they state: "When we draft charges, we...
Struggling with employment during FtP
We are told by many of our members that they struggle to gain employment whilst under a Fitness to Practice investigation especially if they have an...
Moving on (first published May 2021)
The current situation with COVID-19 has put us all in unusual situations and has been extremely challenging. My employment for the last 3 years,...
Leaky buckets or Sinking ships?
As I braced the frosty morning today, defrosting the car windscreen, navigating the icy yard where my horse stood, breaking the ice on the water...