Category: Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

The NMC has made more decisions at the earliest stage of the fitness to practise process than ever before, it said.

The NMC is surveying nursing and midwifery professionals on its register to better understand their experiences of delivering care.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) published a culture transformation plan it said will address, amongst other things, regulatory fairness.

The NMC has unveiled its principles for advanced practice.

This appeal examines the standard of reasoning expected of fitness to practise (FtP) and professional discipline tribunals when making fact-based decisions on the ‘balance of probabilities’ amid conflicting witness accounts.

The NMC will begin work to modernise The Code and revalidation guidance during 2025–2026.

The High Court has upheld a decision of the NMC’s fitness to practise panel to erase a nurse for dishonesty.

The NMC said the average age of fitness to practise cases continues to fall across several stages of the process.

The NMC has appointed Professor Donna O’Boyle to support the improvement of its fitness to practise (FtP) processes.

From 1 January 2025, the NMC will continue to automatically recognise most Swiss qualifications under a new mutual recognition agreement.