This is a summary of today's Nursing Standard article created for the benefit of those without paywall access to the NS site. Managers using FtP as a weapon: nurses punished for speaking out Nurse whistleblowers are raising serious concerns about the misuse of the...
This week one of our group attended the High Court to support a fellow healthcare professional. The data This HCW has ongoing process which has continued for many years. They have an interim conditions of practice and as is often the case, due to the case not...
One of our members writes this revealing and candid reflection on their case hearing. It highlights how the current NMC Fitness to Practice process takes little care of registrants during its combative, lawyer-heavy proceedings. Regarding my hearing… Despite it being...
Having spent years supporting registrants through the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Fitness to Practice process, I’ve seen its impact up close - and I’m here to tell you, the system is broken. written by Simon Holborn - Head of Advocacy at NMCWatch. I see the...
On Tuesday 19 November, NMCWatch released data on the number of Fitness to Practice (FtP) referrals by NHS employers to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). In the run-up to this release, we had some healthy internal discussion about what the data represents and...
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