This week we saw the case of Michelle Cox win her ET against racial discrimination (Ms Cox V NHS...
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Opinion
The fight against Goliath
Feb 2023 | Fitness to Practice, Opinion
One of our group has taken to crowdfunding so that we can help her with representation for her...
Failure to Protect
Jan 2023 | Fitness to Practice, Opinion
The NMC Annual report for 2021 – 2022: 5,291 new concerns 3,843 closed and not investigated 1,448...
Complicit regulation
Jan 2023 | Appeals, Fitness to Practice, Opinion, Regulation
Everyone is painfully aware of the state of the current situation with our Healthcare service. It...
Cost of hearing: TH (2022)
Nov 2022 | Case Studies, Opinion
TH was faced with 60 charges against him - revolving around dishonesty. On day 6 of his hearing...
New approach to NMC backlog?
Sep 2022 | Fitness to Practice, Opinion
The latest annual review from the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has brought yet again the...
Cockroaches and Mayhem: a nurse’s life
Mar 2022 | Opinion, Reflection
First published 19 May 2018 This time last weekend I was swapping stories with old friends...
Win at all costs
Mar 2022 | Fitness to Practice, Opinion
This week one of our members attended a virtual hearing - afterwards he asked if anyone had met...
KW 2021 – costs of hearing
Feb 2022 | Fitness to Practice, Opinion
Based on a Freedom of Information request and court costs observed in 2018 – these costs were...
Sanctions and Plea Bargains
Feb 2022 | Fitness to Practice, Opinion, Resources
We have been looking at all of the sanctions published on the NMCWebsite showing the outcomes of...