Blogs
Opinion & Reflection
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 for the Office for the Whistleblower. UK...
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 cases dropped early. So what can be done to end...
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 place about a fortnight before I got married in...
Are regulators enabling poor culture?
This week we saw the case of Michelle Cox win her ET against racial discrimination (Ms Cox V NHS England / NHS commissioning board). The outcomes...
The fight against Goliath
One of our group has taken to crowdfunding so that we can help her with representation for her forthcoming hearing. She has worked for the same...
Failure to Protect
The NMC Annual report for 2021 – 2022: 5,291 new concerns 3,843 closed and not investigated 1,448 investigated £42 million spent to investigate...
Reflection
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 place about a fortnight before I got married in...
Cockroaches and Mayhem: a nurse’s life
First published 19 May 2018 This time last weekend I was swapping stories with old friends following an emotional day at our 30th year reunion for...
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,...
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 same time - these costs were worked out at the rates...
Just not Culture
First posted on December 12, 2019. Last week saw Ms El Karout returned to the NMC for the hearing of charges remitted to a new panel, by Justice...
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...