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Context of incidents in NMC fitness to practise proceedings
An important aspect and change in the NMC’s fitness to practise approach is the fact that it now includes consideration of the context of a case.
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NMC future strategy: 2020 – 2025
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has set out its proposed 2020 to 2025 strategic themes for consultation.
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NMC Revalidation Part 5: Right of Appeal
There are a number of outcomes from the revalidation process. Most nurses, midwives and/or nursing associates will successfully revalidate. However, there is the possibility that either a registrant is unable to complete the process within the prescribed timeframe...
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NMC Revalidation Part 4: Declarations
As a final step in the revalidation process, nurses, midwives and nursing associates must undertake a number of declarations.
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NMC Revalidation Part 3: Reflection
An important aspect of revalidation is evidence of good reflective practice by nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
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NMC Revalidation Part 2: CPD
A principal requirement in the revalidation process is evidence of continued professional development or CPD.
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NMC Revalidation Part 1: Revalidation
Revalidation is a process that every registered nurse, midwife and nursing associate must go through every three years to show they continue to be competent to practise. The NMC introduced a revalidation requirement in April 2016 and between April 2016 and March 2019,...
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Government proposals to reform NMC fitness to practise process
The Government has set out plans to modernise fitness to practise processes and give healthcare regulators greater autonomy to be responsive to a fast-changing healthcare environment.
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Reflective practice – Nurses and Midwives
The leaders of nine healthcare regulators, including the NMC, have signed a joint statement to stress the benefits of good reflection among healthcare professionals.
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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.
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