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Fitness to Practice
All things FtP – including how and what to prepare in advance, our Buddy Scheme, Employment Issues and Regulation.
Case study 22 – NMC must reform procedures
This midwife qualified in 2014 and began her career working at a Trust in North-East England...
Diary of a Registrant accused
This is a direct account from a member of NMCWatch who has consented for us to publish, but who...
Do regulators have a responsibility to safeguard those under investigation?
Warning – this article may be triggering. Issues around suicide, mental health, and depression are...
Letter to investigation of NMC culture & whistleblowing
NMCWatch and Midwives Haven have written a letter to the KC investigating the Nursing and...
Buddy Scheme
Mental Health First Aid
Nine members of NMCWatch are now mental health first aiders. We qualified in 2023 via the MHFA...
Being a Buddy. Why On Earth do I do it?
When I offered to write about why I became a Buddy I thought hard and decided to start with a...
Life after No Case to Answer
One Whirlwind Week Life After No Case to AnswerIt’s coming two years now since my Hearing. It took...
Buddying the Buddies: 1 year on
Last year we launched our buddy service with thanks to The Laura Hyde Foundation for giving us...
Drafting of allegations / Charges
The NMC outlines why they have guidance on drafting of charges and it is fundamentally to ensure...
Emotional support for nurses facing FtP proceedings – by registrants who’ve been there (Nursing Standard 2.8.21)
Kimberley Hackett - @kj_hackett Posted 02 August 2021 - 16:57 1 Volunteers needed to train...
Regulation & Employment issues
Case study 22 – NMC must reform procedures
This midwife qualified in 2014 and began her career working at a Trust in North-East England...
Diary of a Registrant accused
This is a direct account from a member of NMCWatch who has consented for us to publish, but who...
Do regulators have a responsibility to safeguard those under investigation?
Warning – this article may be triggering. Issues around suicide, mental health, and depression are...
The NMC is still failing with FtP.
We ask, does it want to change, or is this lack of insight too ingrained in a process that is no...
Voluntary or Agreed Removal – podcast
Our panel of experts sat down to discuss the new NMC policy of Agreed Removal, which replaces...
Whistleblowing regulation event
Today I was delighted to be invited to speak at the Whistleblowers UK event looking at their plans...
Complicit regulation
Everyone is painfully aware of the state of the current situation with our Healthcare service. It...
Rules and regs of FtP
The following are the rules and guidance that the FtP process falls under - this page will grow as...