Category: Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
NMC closes 2025 with “strongest” fitness to practise performance in five years
The NMC ends a year of FtP progress with cases resolved at the fastest rate in five years and screening caseload at its lowest in over five years.
Read More
Sharp drop in international recruitment slows overall growth of UK Register
The number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates eligible to practise in the UK has reached a record 860,801, but the overall growth of the workforce has slowed sharply.
Read More
NMC executive director on why insight matters in fitness to practise
he Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has underscored the importance of insight in strengthening nursing and midwifery practice.
Read More
Nurses with “complex needs” to benefit from NMC health pilot
Pilot MDT with clinical and safeguarding advisers to identify registrants’ health needs early and plan proportionate investigations.
Read More
NMC provides further updates on fitness to practise consultation
The NMC has updated its fitness to practise consultation, outlining reforms to modernise regulation and improve fairness.
Read More
PSA v NMC & Anor: High Court quashes NMC sanction, remits for fresh decision
The High Court has allowed an appeal brought by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) against a decision of the NMC.
Read More
Fitness to practise cases resolved at fastest rate in nearly five years
NMC is resolving Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases at the fastest pace since early 2021.
Read More
Nursing regulator concedes delay in Letby case was a serious failure
Lucy Letby remained on the NMC register without restrictions until her formal charge in 2020.
Read More
NHS staff face fitness to practise risks over Gaza commentary, say campaigners
NHS healthcare professionals are voicing concern over alleged institutional bias and harsh disciplinary measures for expressing views on Gaza.
Read More
High court dismisses appeal against NMC’s refusal to reinstate nurse struck off for dishonesty
In Jerry v Nursing and Midwifery Council, the High Court dismissed the appellant nurse’s appeal.
Read More
NMC consults on raising registration fee for first time in 10 years
NMC has launched a 12-week public consultation on proposals to raise the annual registration fee for nurses.
Read More
FEATURE: Assessing insight when a registrant denies allegations in fitness to practise proceedings
Fitness to practise defence barristers, Kings View Medical, looks at insight in circumstances when a registrant denies allegations.
Read More
Kings View Chambers
Recent Comments