by admin | Sep 22, 2019 | NMC Legal
El Karout -v- The Nursing and Midwifery Council [2019] EWHC 28 (Admin) In this case a midwife of over 20 years’ experience was subject to an allegation that, on the ward where she worked, the she had stolen packs of dihydrocodeine tablets prescribed for patients to...
by admin | Sep 16, 2019 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published its annual report on whistleblowing disclosures. From 01 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, the NMC received 34 whistleblowing disclosures. The NMC reported that regulatory action taken in 18 cases and in onward referral...
by admin | Sep 5, 2019 | NMC Legal
The recent case of a Welsh nurse who was referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has reignited the debate about consistency in NMC fitness to practise decisions. In the case, a Welsh nurse used patient’s vagina as ventriloquist’s dummy ‘to amuse...
by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | NMC Legal
We recently reported on the NMC Defence Barrister’s Facebook page on a couple of Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) decisions that took into account the context of incidents when deciding on any sanctions to be imposed. In the first reported case, the Evening Times...
by admin | Jul 27, 2019 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has set out its proposed 2020 to 2025 strategic themes for consultation. The NMC has been consulting on its next five year’s strategy and has now announced the five key themes that has emerged from this work. These themes are...
by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | NMC Legal
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...
