by admin | Feb 20, 2021 | NMC Legal
An overview of the NMC’s updated guidance on the role of midwives including scope, standards & fitness to practise. Practising as a midwife in the UK The new guidance, “Practising as a midwife in the UK”, contains sections relating to each of our statutory...
by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | NMC Legal
Reflection and demonstrating insight are important in fitness to practise proceedings but what is the significance of these and what does insight look like in practice? When things go wrong Fitness to practise investigations and sanctions exist to protect the public...
by admin | Feb 7, 2021 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) has issued new fitness to practise guidance for employers to help them decide whether a concern should be referred to the NMC or not. Employer Referrals According to the NMC’s data, in 2019-2020, it received 1,800 referrals...
by admin | Jan 30, 2021 | Case Study, NMC Legal
Catherine Stock, joint head of chambers, represented a nurse at a NMC conditions of practice review hearing. Catherine had previously been successful in securing an agreed outcome with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for this client of a 12 months’...
by admin | Dec 13, 2020 | NMC Legal
With the UK’s departure from the European Union only weeks away, what does Brexit mean for healthcare regulation in the UK? The UK’s exit from the European Union will bring wholesale legislative change including for legislation governing how healthcare professionals...
by admin | Dec 13, 2020 | NMC Legal
In fitness to practise proceedings, the seriousness of a case is an important consideration which informs various stages of the regulatory processes for nurses and midwives. Generally speaking, the seriousness of a case will influence the speed of the investigation,...
