by admin | Jun 2, 2019 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has set out its priorities for the coming year as it prepares for their next 5-year plan. In the NMC’s Corporate plan for 2019–2020, it said that it will focus on the following four areas: 1. New strategic initiatives...
by admin | May 31, 2019 | NMC Legal
The NMC has published new return to practice standards on Monday 20 May 2019. A nurse, midwife or nursing associate must undertake a minimum number of practice hours to remain on, but also rejoin, the NMC register. However, there are cases where nurses, midwifes or...
by admin | May 13, 2019 | NMC Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The latest NMC Register’ data report shows a record number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates on the register. The Register’ data report indicates around 8,000 more nurses, midwives and nursing associates that are now...
by admin | Apr 30, 2019 | NMC Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) is failing to meet key standards in its handling of Fitness to Practise cases according to the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). This was the outcome NMC’s performance review for 2017-2018...
by admin | Apr 21, 2019 | NMC Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The author of a recent report comparing the outcome of two fitness to practise cases suggested that nurses are dealt with more harshly than doctors. In a paper published in the journal Nursing Ethics, Nathan Hodson, doctor and researcher,...
