NMC Publishes Annual Fitness To Practise Report, UK

Main Category: Nursing / Midwifery
Article Date: 30 Aug 2007 - 2:00 PDT

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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the UK regulator for nurses and midwives, has published its latest annual fitness to practise report for 2005-2006.

The figures show:

-- 1378 allegations against nurses and midwives were considered by the NMC (from a register exceeding 682, 000)

-- 252 went to a hearing under the old rules and 128 were removed from the register

-- 31 cases went to a hearing under the new rules and 16 were struck off

-- Nearly 50 percent of allegations came from employers, down from 60 percent last year. The number received from members of public rose to 22 percent, up from 17 percent, and police referrals increased to 19 percent, up from 14 percent last year

-- Nearly 45 percent of cases involved incidents that occurred in the NHS

-- Nearly 37 percent of cases involved a residential or nursing home

The full report, and other NMC statistics can be found on the NMC website http://www.nmc-uk.org

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the UK regulator for two professions, nursing and midwifery. The primary purpose of the NMC is protection of the public. It does this through maintaining a register of all nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses eligible to practise within the UK and by setting standards for their education, training and conduct. Currently the number of registrants exceeds 682,000. The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (The Order), sets out the NMC's role and responsibilities. http://www.nmc-uk.org

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