Template letters
This is a selection of template letters that will be useful for you to use during your FtP and beyond.
Subject Access Requests
Subject Access Requests ( SAR ) are a really useful thing to do when preparing for your case Whilst you wait for the NMC to come back to you with their evidence you can use a SAR to gather your own. This may include: emails to and from your referrer to the NMC emails...
Unhappy with how the NMC have treated you?
NMCWatch is in regular contact with the NMC feeding back common themes and how the process can be improved Andrea Sutcliffe - the CEO - has herself asked us to encourage our members to complain officially when things do not go as they should. You can do this by...
Articles of relevance
Can you dismiss a whistleblower for a breakdown in the relationships that follows whistleblowing?NMC sanctions Band 6 nurse Elizabeth Ashton for looking up records of relatives, neighbours and a colleague – when none of them was in her care.
Undertakings – an example
This registrant has let us use her undertakings as an example - she successfully negotiated this and it was accepted by the NMC as sufficient to address the concerns. At the end of the 18-month period she had achieved all that was required and her case was closed with...
Revalidation during investigation
Currently whilst under investigation you can not under revalidation process. Immediately following your case conclusion, if you have no conditions or practice your registration will then be marked as "lapsed" whilst you provide the documents needed for revalidation....
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 of emotions we go through, much like a grieving process. Everyone deals with it differently but the process can make you feel very alone and very desperate. Download a PDF...
Struggling with employment during FtP
We are told by many of our members that they struggle to gain employment whilst under a Fitness to Practice investigation especially if they have an Interim Conditions of Practice Order in place. This is incredibly frustrating as many of these nurses and midwives will...
Press articles re NMCW
We have been featured in and supported by many medical publications and the wider press. The articles listed here trace our story from our start to our current work bringing pressure for change at NMC.
What are Pre-Meeting and Case Conferences
A pre-meeting can occur before your case to look at any aspects that are uncertain or need clarification from both parties. A case can't be closed down at a Pre-Meeting. A Pre-Meeting is for the panel to give directions with regard to issues being raised, such as...