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An overview of the NMC’s updated guidance on the role of midwives including scope, standards & fitness to practise.

Reflection & insight are important in fitness to practise proceedings but what is the significance of these and what does insight look like in practice?

An overview of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) new fitness to practise resource for employers.

With the UK’s departure from the European Union only weeks away, what does Brexit mean for healthcare regulation in the UK?

In this article, I will look at how the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) determine seriousness in fitness to practise proceedings and decisions.

Whilst there are many things about Covid that is devastating, a positive is that it forced healthcare regulators to reform, adapt and do so quickly.

A NMC statement on a nurse charged with murder confirmed the issue will be given considered by a interim order hearing. What is an interim order?

The UK’s healthcare regulators have published their annual whistleblowing report the 12 months from April 2019 to March 2020.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has announced its plans to resume face to face fitness to practise hearings.

What impact did the Covid19 pandemic have on the future of health and social care regulation in the UK?

The NMC has revealed that fitness to practise proceedings could soon resume and an end of other emergency measures it imposed.

The misuse of social media by health and care professionals can lead to fitness to practise investigations and sanctions.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council’s (NMC) next five-year strategy has been approved. A fitness to practise view on the strategy.

The Professional Standards Authority’s annual review of Nursing and Midwifery Council found it has not met all fitness to practise standards. The PSA’s annual performance review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council was undertaken to assess whether they are meeting the...

The Order contains amendments to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness to practise rules to ensure the NMC’s processes can continue during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The recent case of nurse Helen Lockett before the NMC’s Fitness to Practice Panel has raised important questions about the significance of “contextual factors” in fitness to practise cases.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) fitness to practise processes and support for registrants have been criticised by campaign group NMC Watch.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) fitness to practise processes and support for registrants have been criticised by campaign group NMC Watch.

This case occurred in the context of the NMC’s fitness to practise process but principle remains the same for all healthcare professionals.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) governing council will consider the need for new ways to identify and consider the context of incidents in fitness to practise cases when it meets this week.

Evidence of a registrant’s behaviour and attitude during and after an incident and during fitness to practise proceedings is vitally important. We have represented healthcare professionals facing fitness to practise proceedings for many years.  In our experience of...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council is reporting record number of nurses but remain concerned about aging workforce.