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For a long time now it has become almost routine that the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will apply for extensions to interim orders due to cases not being concluded during the 18 months they are in place for. Whilst the NMC recognises the need to cut down on the...
Since 2009 we know of more than 50 cases where a High Court Judge has ruled that the decision by an NMC Fitness to Practice panel or application for interim order extension is wrong. Seven of these cases were in 2025 and among an increasing number being supported by...
Nurrish v Nursing and Midwifery Council: When Process Fails, Outcomes Cannot Be Trusted. The High Court judgment in Nurrish v Nursing and Midwifery Council is the latest in a long line of appellate decisions exposing serious flaws in the way fitness to practise (FtP)...
Protecting patients means protecting those who speak up. This Safeguarding Week, NMCWatch highlights a critical gap in the UK’s health and regulatory system: the absence of meaningful protection for professionals who raise concerns in the public interest. Our support...
Today Ishbel Straker begins a campaign about the issues she has experienced when referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). She has told LBC she has been subjected to “vindictive, calculated and malicious” behaviour by the NMC after whistleblowing on a...
