by admin | Mar 15, 2020 | NMC Legal
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. NMC’s Fitness to Practice Panel Helen Lockett was the former Director of...
by admin | Feb 29, 2020 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) fitness to practise processes and support for registrants have been criticised by campaign group NMC Watch. According to NMC Watch, nurses, midwives and nursing associates have been made to feel guilty before they have had an...
by admin | Feb 23, 2020 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) fitness to practise processes and support for registrants have been criticised by campaign group NMC Watch. According to NMC Watch, nurses, midwives and nursing associates have been made to feel guilty before they have had an...
by admin | Feb 8, 2020 | Case Study, NMC Legal
NMC Defence Barristers have successfully negotiated a consensual panel determination for our client in a complex multi-handed case involving issues of poor clinical practise and failure to take action when safeguarding issues had been raised. Our client was delighted...
by admin | Feb 8, 2020 | Case Study, NMC Legal
NMC Defence Barristers have been successful with a first-time restoration application. The nurse was taken off the register in 2014 for numerous allegations of dishonesty. “I was at a very low point regarding trying to return to my nursing career after some years...
by admin | Feb 8, 2020 | Case Study, NMC Legal
“It is my pleasure to recommend Stephen McCaffrey to Nursing Professionals in need of legal advice and support on duty when issues arise in clinical practice” NMC Defence Barristers assist another nurse with her disciplinary hearing and no onward referrals were made....
