Blogs
Opinion
Posts that cover a more personal perspective on FtP, and ones that practice the art of Reflection directly.
Whistleblowing regulation event
Today I was delighted to be invited to speak at the Whistleblowers UK event looking at their plans...
Bias in NMC referrals and the nurses most at risk.
Black and Asian nurses are more likely to face fitness to practise proceedings - and to have their...
Life after No Case to Answer
One Whirlwind Week Life After No Case to AnswerIt’s coming two years now since my Hearing. It took...
Are regulators enabling poor culture?
This week we saw the case of Michelle Cox win her ET against racial discrimination (Ms Cox V NHS...
The fight against Goliath
One of our group has taken to crowdfunding so that we can help her with representation for her...
Failure to Protect
The NMC Annual report for 2021 – 2022: 5,291 new concerns 3,843 closed and not investigated 1,448...
Complicit regulation
Everyone is painfully aware of the state of the current situation with our Healthcare service. It...
Cost of hearing: TH (2022)
TH was faced with 60 charges against him - revolving around dishonesty. On day 6 of his hearing...
Reflection
Being a Buddy. Why On Earth do I do it?
When I offered to write about why I became a Buddy I thought hard and decided to start with a...
Life after No Case to Answer
One Whirlwind Week Life After No Case to AnswerIt’s coming two years now since my Hearing. It took...
Cockroaches and Mayhem: a nurse’s life
First published 19 May 2018 This time last weekend I was swapping stories with old friends...
Moving on (first published May 2021)
The current situation with COVID-19 has put us all in unusual situations and has been extremely...
CW 2017-2018 – costs of hearing, loss of passion
Based on a Freedom Of Information request and court costs observed during an appeal case at the...
Just not Culture
First posted on December 12, 2019. Last week saw Ms El Karout returned to the NMC for the hearing...
Leaky buckets or Sinking ships?
As I braced the frosty morning today, defrosting the car windscreen, navigating the icy yard where...
5 Little words
First published 19 Aug 2017 by Cathryn Watters. "Order Revoked with Immediate Effect" After...