by admin | Dec 5, 2021 | NMC Legal
The NMC are moving away from using ‘remediation’ to ‘strengthening practice’, a more “positive and accessible terminology” to “better encourage” professionals to engage early on with their fitness to practise process. What is ‘strengthening practice’ that...
by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | NMC Legal
The recent case of Melanie Hayes has attracted substantial public interest. We look at the case and how the outcome will impact NMC fitness to practise decisions in the future. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) v Melanie Hayes The details of the charges relating to...
by admin | Sep 19, 2021 | Case Study, NMC Legal
Kings View successfully overturned a nurse’s striking off order using an NMC internal mechanism for review. This is thought to be the first application in many years. The nurse in question engaged in the original fitness to practise hearing, however the Panel found...
by admin | Sep 19, 2021 | Case Study, NMC Legal
Kings View persuaded a NMC fitness to practise panel to impose the least serious sanction in a case relating to issue of drug administration and dishonesty. In a case that has been ongoing for some years, our client LM faced a fitness to practise hearing relating to...
by admin | Jun 27, 2021 | NMC Legal
When you receive correspondence from your regulatory body to tell you that a complaint has been received which will formally be investigated as part of its fitness to practise process, the temptation can often be to panic which can lead to rash actions and decisions. ...
by admin | Jun 6, 2021 | NMC Legal
We look at the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) “top priorities” for improvements to its fitness to practise investigations and processes. Andrea Sutcliffe, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, recently discussed the NMC’s plan for making improvements to its...
