by admin | Jun 11, 2022 | NMC Legal
Reflection is important for any healthcare professional to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong, and from this to demonstrate remediation. In the first of three fitness to practise articles, we take an in-depth look at remediation. ...
by admin | Jun 11, 2022 | NMC Legal
What is Fit to Practise? Generally speaking, a health and care professional is fit to practise if they have the training, skills, knowledge, character and health to do their job safely and effectively. Where a regulator has concerns about a health and care...
by admin | May 11, 2022 | NMC Legal
In this case, the High Court refused an application to extend the time for an appeal, restating the correct legal analysis. Dr Gyorgy Rakoczy The case before Justice Fordham relates to a decision of a Medical Practitioners Tribunal (“MPT”) on 27 April...
by admin | Apr 30, 2022 | Case Study, NMC Legal
A NMC fitness to practise panel has thrown out all the NMC’s allegations of dishonest conduct made against our client. Our client, GR, was accused by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) of dishonest conduct in relation to a case where a patient sustained...
by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | NMC Legal
Restoration following Disciplinary Erasure If a health and social care practitioner wishes to return to the register after being erased for disciplinary reasons, they must submit an application for restoration. There are, however, strict rules that apply to...
by admin | Apr 6, 2022 | Case Study, NMC Legal
This case involved signing as a checker when you had not personally witnessed the care having taken place. The nurse owned up immediately and was able through reflection to demonstrate that they had insight, and as such the risk of repetition was low. With the...
