by admin | Sep 28, 2023 | NMC Legal
Any criminal conviction will be viewed as proven in a fitness to practise case, and attempts at denial could be interpreted as lack insight. An Overview of Criminal Convictions Fitness to Practise In fitness to practise proceedings, criminal convictions (or formal...
by admin | Sep 8, 2023 | NMC Legal
Nurses can avoid the anxiety and cost of a full fitness to practise hearing through consensual panel determinations but care should be taken when deciding the best route to take. NMC Consensual Panel – Overview A consensual panel determination offer nurses and...
by admin | Jul 22, 2023 | NMC Legal
NMC Fitness to Practise The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) does not have a definitive definition of fitness to practise. Broadly speaking, however, when the NMC refers to fitness to practise, it says: “Fitness to practise is about managing the risk that a...
by admin | Apr 29, 2023 | NMC Legal
The NMC is “taking a different approach” to requests from nurses to be removed from the register when they are subject to fitness to practise concerns – ‘agreed removal’. What is agreed removal? Under the Nursing & Midwifery Council’s (NMC) statutory rules,...
by admin | Apr 18, 2023 | NMC Legal
Impairment is defined in the present tense. Key to considering current impairment, is insight and remediation – seeking legal advice at the earliest possible opportunity is important. NMC Fitness to Practise The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) does not have a...
by admin | Mar 3, 2023 | NMC Legal
The NMC will investigate allegations about whether an entry on its register is fraudulent or incorrect, and will act if an entry is fraudulent. We look at the types of NMC entries, when an entry might be considered fraudulent, and the powers available to the NMC....