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Opinion
Posts that cover a more personal perspective on FtP, and ones that practice the art of Reflection directly.

Reflections on the Lucy Letby case: a call for change in Healthcare systems.
Feb 2025 | Opinion, Reflection
This post is taken from the transcript of the following personal reflection video by Cathryn...

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

Our response to the NMC Culture Review report
The Nursing and Midwifery Council Independent Culture Review July 2024. Our statement on the Rise...

The NMC Code: How professional tenets became weaponised and meaningless
Feb 2024 | Opinion
This is a guest post from Deborah Hughes of The Midwives Haven. Background to The Code When I...
Case Study 19 – £33,580 FtP case costs for a nurse who was always going to retire.
Aug 2023 | Case Studies, Fitness to Practice, Opinion
Doreen came to us in May 2023 after she had attended the first part of her Fitness to Practice...

Voluntary or Agreed Removal – podcast
May 2023 | Opinion, Podcast, Regulation, Resources
Our panel of experts sat down to discuss the new NMC policy of Agreed Removal, which replaces...
A strike on heavens door: Angels in the NHS stand up and say “enough”
Simon Holborn LLB Assoc. CIPD TechIOSH The United Kingdom is currently experiencing a surge in...

Can regulators unpick toxic culture and its impact on patient safety?
Apr 2023 | Case Studies, Opinion
The Professional Standards Authority ( PSA ) in chapter 4 of Safer Care for All, have raised...
Reflection

Recovery after FtP
Apr 2025 | Appeals, Fitness to Practice, Reflection
As I reach my eighth year of NMCWatch, I am thinking back to the person I was on 12th June 2017,...

Reflections on the Lucy Letby case: a call for change in Healthcare systems.
Feb 2025 | Opinion, Reflection
This post is taken from the transcript of the following personal reflection video by Cathryn...

The Fitness to Practice process: a registrant’s reflection
Jan 2025 | Fitness to Practice, Reflection
One of our members writes this revealing and candid reflection on their case hearing. It...
To the stars! (and beyond).
May 2024 | Reflection
It’s safe to say that the last seven years since my NMC debacle have probably been the most...

Moving on from FtP but no escape from disclosure.
Apr 2024 | Employment Issues, Reflection
Back in 2017 … Following my strike-off order, I was lucky to be able to return immediately to my...
Diary of a Registrant accused
Feb 2024 | Case Studies, Employment Issues, Fitness to Practice, Reflection
This is a direct account from a member of NMCWatch who has consented for us to publish, but who...

Letter to investigation of NMC culture & whistleblowing
Dec 2023 | Fitness to Practice, Reflection
NMCWatch and Midwives Haven have written a letter to the KC investigating the Nursing and...

Vassanta Suddock – a true inspiration
Jun 2023 | Fitness to Practice, News, Reflection
Today I found out the sad news that Vassanta has died. I met Vassanta when I was going through my...