by admin | Feb 9, 2025 | Case Study, NMC Legal
In this case, the nurse was referred to the NMC by a patient after the employer had carried out an internal investigation. This happens regularly when patients or their families are not satisfied with the outcome from the organisation. This is often difficult for...
by admin | Jan 20, 2025 | Case Study, NMC Legal
Our client’s fitness to practise case before the NMC was closed by agreed disposal, thereby avoiding a fitness to practise hearing and further legal expense and preparation for a review. CC instructed me regarding an NMC referral relating to a personal historic...
by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) fitness to practise insights and analysis provides a clear indication of factors that place nurses and midwives at heightened risk of referrals and regulatory action. We discuss these heightened risks and look at factors that...
by admin | Oct 28, 2024 | NMC Legal
Seek Legal Advice It’s crucial to get expert legal advice early. Fitness to practise investigations are a trial in all but name – complex, formal and adversarial. For this reason alone, health and care professionals should seek legal advice. However, this is by no...
by admin | Aug 20, 2024 | NMC Legal
A recent publication by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) highlights a rise in final decisions involving sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour. This type of behaviour is seen as particularly serious by regulators and, more often than not, result in...
by admin | Jul 9, 2024 | NMC Legal
When faced with a fitness to practise investigation, should health care professionals “wait and see” or does constructive engagement make a difference to the outcome of a fitness to practise investigation? Health care regulators will investigate allegations of...
