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The NMC makes work for idle hands
Some notes on my travails in the regulatory and employment world.
What have I been doing?
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What strike off means to you…
When you get struck off, this means you cannot work as a nurse or midwife, unless you succeed in an appeal or review, for at least 5 years. You’ll have to find some other way of paying your bills.
Back to (social) work
This client was another who burst into tears on hearing the good news. It must be so stressful bearing the burden of an investigation and disciplinary proceedings by your regulator.
Get arrested and it's not just the police you have to face...
Being a nurse is a "notifiable profession", which means essentially that the police will tell the NMC that you have been arrested and what happens with your case. This may cause the NMC to initiate a fitness to practice process, depending on the offence for which you've been detained.
Oh, I forgot..
We did better than that and got a finding of fitness to practice not impaired.
The importance of being represented.
It was good to hear it from the horse's mouth, bearing in mind this legal assessor is of many years' seniority.
Trips to London - book early!
Although I'm happy to pick up cases the day before a hearing if necessary, some cases really require registrants to engage with the proceedings and with me a little earlier.