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....
by admin | Feb 2, 2020 | NMC Legal
We have previously written about the importance of engagement with a fitness to practise investigation and process. In our previous article, we reported on research published by the General Medical Council (GMC) that found that the outcome of tribunal decisions was...
by admin | Jan 27, 2020 | NMC Legal
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. Matthew McClelland, NMC’s Director of Fitness to Practise, is set to...
by admin | Jan 22, 2020 | NMC Legal
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...
by admin | Dec 29, 2019 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is reporting record number of nurses but remain concerned about aging workforce. According to reports, the 6-month period from 1st April to 30th September 2019 saw growth across the three categories of registrants: the number of...
