by kvcadmin | May 24, 2020 | NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Are healthcare regulators softening their fitness to practise stance to support the fight against Covid-19? The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has allowed suspended nurses to return to practice to support the fight against the...
by kvcadmin | May 10, 2020 | NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow The Nursing & Midwifery Council’s (NMC) next five-year strategy has been approved. A fitness to practise view on the strategy. NMC Strategy The strategy is based on three key roles that underpin the NMC’s purpose: Regulate: We promote...
by kvcadmin | Apr 26, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Care England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow What role does the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) play in healthcare fitness to practise regulation? This week the PSA reported that it is not going to refer the NMC’s decision in the case of Helen Lockett, previous Director of...
by kvcadmin | Apr 18, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow With chronic PPE shortages, healthcare professionals are faced with incredibly hard choices including their own safety. How does fitness to practise fit with refusing treatment? This is the issue responded to by the Royal College of Nursing...
by kvcadmin | Apr 18, 2020 | NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow The Professional Standards Authority’s annual review of Nursing and Midwifery Council found it has not met all fitness to practise standards. The PSA’s annual performance review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council was undertaken to assess...
by kvcadmin | Apr 13, 2020 | NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Lead counsel and NMC Defence Barrister, Stephen McCaffrey looks at a recent NMC case and provides legal comment. A nurse who took notes containing identifiable information pertaining to a patient and took these off the trust’s premises faced...
