who we are
Meet the CiC committee
Our Committee has a wealth of experience across a broad range of healthcare practices.
Our Directors lead many of our activities, and are:
Cathryn Watters
Founder and Director
Referred to the NMC in 2017, Cathryn challenged a strike-off order and managed to get her registration back after self-litigating in the High Court.
“This opened my eyes to how frightening the experience is and how easily you can lose your career. My vision for NMCW is to ensure no one has to go through the process on their own.”
Read more of Cathryn’s story here about why she founded NMCWatch.
Peter Bates
Director of Finance
Peter is a retired social researcher with a background in geography and economics. He has been a member of the Institute of Information Scientists, Market Research Society and the Royal Statistical Society.
He worked on research and policy issues in higher education and in local government, and finally for a charity which advised voluntary groups that support disabled people. Peter has a wider interest in health as chair of a Patient Participation Group, and as lay member of a Faculty of the RCGP.
He became interested in NMCWatch after his daughter went through a drawn-out process which ended with the panel concluding that there were no concerns about her Fitness to Practice as a nurse.
Simon Holborn
Director - FtP and HR lead
Simon has a unique skill set having worked as a police officer, a nurse and a lawyer. He has been with NMCWatch from the beginning, supporting Cathryn with her vision and helping mould the group to where it is today. He is calm in a crisis but also honest about potential outcomes, he will not tell you what you want to hear but what you need to hear. Simon recently completed his Mental Health First Aid qualification with MIND.
Naledi Kline
Director for our Internationally qualified and BME members
Naledi has worked throughout the NHS, including a short period of agency work. She has worked as a midwife, health visitor home care nurse, trade union representative, lecturer and senior NHS manager.
She is a proactive, caring person and has an excellent understanding of the enormous challenges faced by clinicians and support staff on a daily basis and their reluctance quite frequently to speak up about patient or other concerns.
She is familiar with the fear of being made a scapegoat or facing sanctions when genuine mistakes are made or working within a blame culture, none of which gives people the confidence to learn from their mistakes.
She is confident in challenging decisions and actions that are inappropriate or unfair and has developed critical skills in supporting BME practitioners who quite often suffer additional detriment because of their ethnicity.
Have you been referred to the NMC? Contact us as early as possible if you need our support.
Volunteer
How to get involved
Support staff
Secretaries & Admins
We always need two or three people who fulfil the role of secretaries for the CIC committee. As well as prepping for and attending committee meetings, our secretaries help ensure other administrative tasks are completed and recorded.
Lead roles
Lead roles available
We are looking for additional leads who attend committee meetings approximately 3 times a year to feedback on their roles:
Neurodiversity lead
Who we are
Our Admin team
All our services need admins and secretaries who deal with day-to-day issues.
