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....
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...
