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In November 2023 NMCWatch was contacted by Mildred and her husband; she had navigated a Fitness to practice process since 2013 and was exhausted. Initially she funded her own legal representation and when funds ran out, her husband tried his best to navigate the...
In January 2026, the High Court handed down a significant judgment in the case of Nurrish v Nursing and Midwifery Council. The ruling exposed serious flaws in the way the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) had approached Ms Nurrish’s fitness to practise case and...
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)...
