Since 2009 we know of more than 50 cases where a High Court Judge has ruled that the decision by...
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Another NMC ‘dishonesty’ charge fail
Nurrish v Nursing and Midwifery Council: When Process Fails, Outcomes Cannot Be Trusted. The High...
NMCWatch statement for National Safeguarding Adults Week 2025
Protecting patients means protecting those who speak up. This Safeguarding Week, NMCWatch...
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...
Fitness to Practice
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...
Recovery after FtP
As I reach my eighth year of NMCWatch, I am thinking back to the person I was on 12th June 2017,...
Weaponisation of FtP – NS article summary
This is a summary of today's Nursing Standard article created for the benefit of those without...
Campaigns
Appeals
Recovery after FtP
As I reach my eighth year of NMCWatch, I am thinking back to the person I was on 12th June 2017,...
Another lost registrant?
Are overseas nurses and midwives being given a fair assessment to register in the UK, or is there...
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...
Opinion & Reflection
Reflections on the Lucy Letby case: a call for change in Healthcare systems.
This post is taken from the transcript of the following personal reflection video by Cathryn...
The Fitness to Practice process: a registrant’s reflection
One of our members writes this revealing and candid reflection on their case hearing. It...
Job applications: disclosing past investigations is prejudicial and intrusive.
The issue of disclosing past investigations, particularly those that concluded with "no case to...
Our response to the NMC Culture Review report
The Nursing and Midwifery Council Independent Culture Review July 2024. Our statement on the Rise...
News & Press
Bias in NMC referrals and the nurses most at risk.
Black and Asian nurses are more likely to face fitness to practise proceedings - and to have their...
Article on cruelty of GMC process ( Spectator, August 2022 )
The petty cruelty of the GMC This is a summary of the article from The Spectator magazine, 20...
Telegraph article on Izzy Amaro (August 2022)
'Every time I close my eyes, he is with me': a former nurse on life after a manslaughter...
Articles of relevance
Can you dismiss a whistleblower for a breakdown in the relationships that follows...
Press articles re NMCW
We have been featured in and supported by many medical publications and the wider press. The...
Self referral to the NMC
Thanks to Nursing Standard for including us in this article Self-referral to the NMC: what are...
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...
Regulation & Employment issues
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...
Persistence through the FOI swamp
Despite constant barriers, our chief Freedom of Information requester has been plugging away at...
Help Roger Kline investigate – deadline 31 Jan
Roger Kline is launching research into workplace investigations. As part of this, he is inviting...
Job applications: disclosing past investigations is prejudicial and intrusive.
The issue of disclosing past investigations, particularly those that concluded with "no case to...
Buddy Scheme & Events
Sassy Songs, Funky flowers, Classy Cupcakes and Sparkling Spirits
Our second annual Retreat for NMCWatch members took place in September 2019 - before any knowledge...
