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NMC merger with other regulator unlikely
Merging the Nursing and Midwifery Council with another regulatory body is not an option being considered, the man leading the latest strategic review of the troubled organisation has said.
Terms set for strategic review of nursing regulator
Initial recommendations from the strategic review into the Nursing and Midwifery Council are expected in April.
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Electronic record system preparation
Nurse leaders may need to prepare for new electronic record systems. This article advises them on the questions they will need to ask to ensure sustainable benefits for patients
Details emerge of 'wide ranging' NMC review
Whether the Nursing and Midwifery Council should be run by a nurse in future will be one of the questions considered by the “wide-ranging” review of the regulator’s structure, financial management and leadership.
NMC agrees 'in principle' to nurses removing themselves from register
Nurses accused of incompetence could in future leave the Nursing and Midwifery Council register in order to avoid full fitness to practise procedures, under plans agreed in principle by the regulator.
Worry grows as second senior nurse leaves NMC
Concerns have been raised about a lack of nursing leadership at the top of the Nursing and Midwifery Council after it emerged another senior nurse had quit the troubled regulator.
NMC could face new review following resignation of chief exec
The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence looks set carry out a review of the nursing regulator, following the resignation of its chief executive last week.
NMC chief exec resigns
The chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Dickon Weir-Hughes has resigned from his post with immediate effect, Nursing Times has been told.
'Distressing' number of neglect allegations raise NMC concerns
A “distressing” number of allegations of patient neglect by nurses have come to light in a Nursing and Midwifery Council report.
Government orders review of NMC
It has been confirmed that the Nursing and Midwifery Council is to undergo a strategic review due to its failure to deal with a long standing backlog of fitness to practise cases.
Midlands nurse faces being struck off for relationship
A Midlands nurse faces being struck off for “breaching a fundamental tenet” of her profession and having sex with a mental health patient in her care.
'NMC faces challenge in replacing outgoing chief'
The news of chief executive and registrar Dickon Weir-Hughes’ sudden exit from the Nursing and Midwifery Council couldn’t have come at a worse time for nursing.
NMC 'clarifies' position on HCA regulation
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has “clarified its position” on regulating healthcare assistants, appearing to row back from earlier comments made by its chief executive backing mandatory regulation.
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NMC reminds nurses that rules have not changed on assisted dying
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RCM raises fears over midwife teaching
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Why do students fail to disclose health problems?
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Nurses from EU could be subject to extra checks
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Ministers warning trusts over 'gagging clauses'
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NMC reappoints chair for 'challenging year'
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Healthcare assistant regulation plans 'too weak'
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GPs warned about unregistered nurses
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NMC improving slowly, audit finds
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Preparing for placements: a lecturer's perspective
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CQC still has concerns over care at the Pilgrim Hospital
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How to be an effective networker
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'Don’t let horror stories put you off speaking out'
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Part three of the register a 'shambles'
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‘Bullying tactics won’t stop me from voting for industrial action’
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Calls to test language skills of all non-UK health staff
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Patient safety is most likely spark for nurse industrial action
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'Like a dodgy meal, the NMC has left a bad taste in my mouth'
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Administration of medicines via an enteral feeding tube
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Seventeen cases of poisoning at Stepping Hill
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NMC chastises supervisors at Morecambe Bay maternity unit
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Fitness to practise proceedings launched following CQC inspections
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Regulator celebrates new Scottish office
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Health visitor figures could be wrong
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NMC 'clarifies' that official industrial action does not breach nursing code
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RCM calls for 5,000 more midwives
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Unison launching legal action against NMC over strike warning
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Assessing the value of electronic records
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NMC launches bid to lure former health visitors back to work
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Language tests for nurses less pressing than for doctors, says DH
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'We don’t need time travel to know that PFI was unwise'
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What do the words “Gypsy” and “Traveller” mean to you?
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Attitudes towards Gypsy Travellers
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Regulation of HCA not a top priority for the NHS
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Struck off nurses 'still on wards' says Weir-Hughes
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Junior doctors ordered off wards during mealtimes
