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NMC to review post-registration standards
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will review post-registration standards after a review found it to have resulted in a ‘patchwork’ of advanced practice education.
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Regulatory Sanctions and Serious Criminal Convictions
Healthcare Regulators consider cases involving dishonesty, sexual misconduct or criminal convictions as serious cases. In assessing seriousness Tribunals will look at any risk to the public.
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NMC priorities for the following year announced
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has set out its priorities for the coming year as it prepares for their next 5-year plan.
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NMC’s new return to practice standards
The NMC has published new return to practice standards on Monday 20 May 2019.
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Private sector accused of poaching NHS nurses
The private sector has been accused of poaching NHS nurses by offering better training and working incentives.
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Record number of nurses but mental health pressures remain
The latest NMC Register’ data report shows a record number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates on the register.
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Government launch campaign to help nurses spot signs of ‘modern’ slavery
The Government has launched a campaign to help nurses and other frontline health workers spot the signs of modern slavery.
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Fairness and transparency of NMC Fitness to Practise cases
The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) is failing to meet key standards in its handling of Fitness to Practise cases according to the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Are nurses being dealt with more harshly than doctors in fitness to practise cases?
The author of a recent report comparing the outcome of two fitness to practise cases suggested that nurses are dealt with more harshly than doctors.
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The importance of evidence in NMC hearings
The recent outcome of a High Court case illustrated the importance of evidence in Nursing and Midwifery Council hearings and sanctions.
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EU nurse qualifications to be recognised in UK after Brexit
The Government has announced that EU nurses, midwives and nursing associates will have their qualifications and registration recognised in the UK whether the country leaves the EU with or without a deal.
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NMC’s return to practice proposals
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has announced changed to its return to practice procedures to boots the nursing workforce.
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What Brexit means for nursing and midwifery NMC registrations
With the UK’s departure from the EU being weeks away and no exit deal being agreed, what will this mean for foreign nurses, midwives and nursing associates working in the UK?
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NMC fitness to practise hearings: Public or private?
When the competency of a nurse is called into question, they may be referred to a fitness to practise hearing. Is it always in the public interest to have these hearings in public?
read moreA glimpse at future nurse workforce strategy
A letter signed by Baroness Dido Harding and Julian Hartley, who are both responsible for the development of the NHS workforce implementation plan has warned nursing shortages in England are “unlikely to improve”.
read moreNHS Staff and Learners' Mental Wellbeing Report
The Health Education England Health and Care Workforce Strategy for England to 2027 – Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future – announced a new Commission on the mental wellbeing of NHS staff and learners.
read moreNHS Staff Survey 2018 Results
The results of the 2018 NHS staff survey have been published and staff errors “that could have hurt patients” is at a five year high.
read moreNHS staff to queue-jump mental health support services
The Health Secretary has put forward plans that will see NHS staff’s access to mental health support services being fast-tracked.
read moreNMC midwifery consultation on new standards
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is consulting on new draft midwifery standards.
read moreNMC fitness to practise: a new approach
The NMC have launched their new fitness to practise strategy. They claim this will be a move from a blame culture to a just culture. Whilst some of the proposals should allow issues to be dealt with a local level much of their strategy relies upon...
read moreNMC Fitness to Practise Referral – 10 things you need to know
Being fit to practise requires a nurse, midwife or nursing associate to have the skills, knowledge, health and character to do their job safely and effectively.
read moreRecent Changes to Case Examiners Powers at the NMC
The NMC have introduced recent changes to the powers conferred on their case examiners. This brings the NMC more closely aligned to the GMC in the way they consider cases.
read moreNMC Revalidation
The new process of revalidation with the NMC for nurses and midwives is now almost one year on with many nurses having successfully completed the process but many yet to do so. Revalidation replaced PREP requirements and is the process that allows you to maintain your...
read moreNMC Consultation on the Fitness to Practise Process
The NMC have just completed their consultation on changes to the current fitness to practise legislation. The NMC’s plan is to resolve cases more quickly taking only the most serious of cases to a hearing. At the present time the NMC say they use 80% of their budget...
read moreNursing Associates – NMC to Regulate New Role
The NMC have agreed to a request to regulate the new nursing associates role. The NMC strongly believe that the public would expect that any role with nursing in the title should be regulated. The introduction of this new role has been part and parcel of the government’s commitment to strengthening the NHS.
read moreVoluntary Removal from the NMC Register
Any nurse or midwife when faced with a fitness to practice referral can make an application to be removed from the register. They can do this at any time in the proceedings. Where the nurse or midwife admits that their fitness to practise is impaired and they do not intend to practise in the future the NMC will consider an application by that nurse or midwife to voluntarily remove themselves from the register where it is not in the public interest to have a full hearing.
read moreNHS under mounting pressure
There is an increasing awareness that the National Health Service is under mounting pressure today as winter pressures on the service are proving to be the most difficult for some years. In fact, according to media reports, more than four in 10 hospitals in England declared a major alert in the first week of the year as the health service came under increasing pressure.
read moreI have been referred to the NMC
‘I have been referred to the NMC’ – If you find out that you are going to be the subject of investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, you need to be properly informed about the process and it is vital that you act quickly.
read moreNMC charges
NMC charges have historically been published by the regulator. Irrespective the fact that no hearing had taken place or any finding of truth over an allegation, all the charges involved in the case along with accompanying details would be made publicly available 28 days ahead of the hearing taking place.
read moreDirect Access Nursing Barristers
Direct Access Nursing Barristers – Nurses and midwives can now directly instruct a barrister without having to go through a solicitor. The role of the barrister remains the same as when they are approached via a solicitor or other intermediaries. Nursing law barristers advise nurses and midwives on their legal status or rights.
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