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The NMC’s ongoing failings: a regulator losing the confidence of its registrants.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) exists to protect the public by regulating the nursing and...
Ishbel Straker fights back
Today Ishbel Straker begins a campaign about the issues she has experienced when referred to the...
Our vexatious referral: lack of insight or a grief response?
NMCWatch has been working with Simon Holborn, from Humans Ltd, for a number of years now. It...
Fitness to Practice
High Court extension hearings: a breakdown
This week one of our group attended the High Court to support a fellow healthcare professional....
The Fitness to Practice process: a registrant’s reflection
One of our members writes this revealing and candid reflection on their case hearing. It...
The Fitness to Practice process: a practitioner’s perspective
Having spent years supporting registrants through the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC)...
Response to FtP referrals data – Peter Bates of NMCWatch
On Tuesday 19 November, NMCWatch released data on the number of Fitness to Practice (FtP)...
Campaigns
Appeals
Grounds of appeal
Recently we attended an appeal hearing of a midwife, who was taking to the High Court the decision...
Complicit regulation
Everyone is painfully aware of the state of the current situation with our Healthcare service. It...
How to appeal my strike-off order
When we are told we can no longer practice or have restrictions on our practice there is a range...
KEK 2018-2020 – cost of hearing
Based on an FOI and court costs observed in 2018 - these costs were worked out on the rates given...
Opinion & Reflection
To the stars! (and beyond).
It’s safe to say that the last seven years since my NMC debacle have probably been the most...
Moving on from FtP but no escape from disclosure.
Back in 2017 … Following my strike-off order, I was lucky to be able to return immediately to my...
The NMC Code: How professional tenets became weaponised and meaningless
This is a guest post from Deborah Hughes of The Midwives Haven. Background to The Code When I...
Diary of a Registrant accused
This is a direct account from a member of NMCWatch who has consented for us to publish, but who...
News & Press
Fraudulent entries removed from register
Hundreds taken off NMC register for fraud or false registration Kimberley Hackett - @kj_hackett...
Leaky buckets or Sinking ships?
As I braced the frosty morning today, defrosting the car windscreen, navigating the icy yard where...
Emotional support for nurses facing FtP proceedings – by registrants who’ve been there (Nursing Standard 2.8.21)
Kimberley Hackett - @kj_hackett Posted 02 August 2021 - 16:57 1 Volunteers needed to train...
Nursing Times talk about our Buddy Pilot
Thanks to Nursing Times for writing about our pilot - due to start in September 2021. Nurses...
Virtual Fitness to practice hearings: a guide for registrants and witnesses
We are grateful to the Nursing Standard for again raising issues in regards to FtP process -...
Nursing Times article about our Employment program.
Project seeks to support nurses under FtP ‘struggling’ to find employment Summary of an article in...
Virtual versus In-Person hearings
The Nursing Times examines whether the NMC's plans to continue with virtual hearings post-pandemic...
Regulation & Employment issues
The number of FtP referrals by NHS Trusts – data release
Today, NMCWatch is releasing a unique set of data on the number of fitness to practice (FtP)...
Remember your Code of Conduct NMC Council
Letter to reg council members 20.8.24 Requesting vote of no confidence in Chair – Sir David Warren...
Moving on from FtP but no escape from disclosure.
Back in 2017 … Following my strike-off order, I was lucky to be able to return immediately to my...
Case study 22 – Upholding transparency and fairness: NMC must reform procedures for evidence disclosure and accountability
This midwife qualified in 2014 and began her career working at a Trust in North-East England...
Buddy Scheme & Events
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