by admin | Apr 21, 2026 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Fitness to practise proceedings are among the most consequential processes a health or care professional can face. Decisions made by regulators such as the General Medical Council or the Nursing and Midwifery Council can determine not only a practitioner’s ability to...
by admin | Mar 25, 2026 | NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a new Midwifery Fitness to Practise Dashboard, offering the clearest picture yet of the recurring issues that arise when midwifery care goes wrong. The interactive tool brings together regulatory data from across...
by admin | May 5, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
What is remediation? In the context of fitness to practise, remediation refers to the process by which a professional—often in a healthcare or related regulated field—takes deliberate, demonstrable steps to address concerns that have been raised about their conduct,...
by admin | Jan 20, 2025 | NMC
My client’s fitness to practise case before the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) was closed by agreed disposal, thereby avoiding a fitness to practise hearing and further legal expense and preparation for a review. CC instructed me regarding an NMC referral...
by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) fitness to practise insights and analysis provides a clear indication of factors that place nurses and midwives at heightened risk of referrals and regulatory action. I discuss these heightened risks and look at factors that...
by admin | Oct 28, 2024 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Seek Legal Advice It’s crucial to get expert legal advice early. Fitness to practise investigations are a trial in all but name – complex, formal and adversarial. For this reason alone, health and care professionals should seek legal advice. However, this is by no...
