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Striking the right balance
Abstract
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, reflects on the need to consider the impact on the wellbeing of professionals of fitness-to-practise processes
I have been building a list of things I would like to have known when I was a chief nurse that I have learnt since joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), to enable me to work with colleagues to influence improvements. Fitness to practise (FtP) is one area I have been considering.
The regulator of the NMC – the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) – requires the NMC to meet certain standards. This year, the NMC (2023a) shared the news that:
‘We haven't met standard 15, which focuses on how quickly we conclude FtP cases.’
With a current FtP caseload of 5577 – as published in the annual report (NMC, 2023b), 33% (1687) of referrals were from patients or the public and 26% (1323) from employers – there is a need for senior nurses to understand their role in supporting the processes to deliver the primary purpose of the NMC, which is to:
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