What is it about?
• A midwife whose professional practice caused concerns was reported to the regulatory body governing midwives (the Nursing and Midwifery Council - NMC). After a protracted series of hearings she was eventually removed from the professional register, but the NMC had not followed its own rules regarding striking off a practitioner. The midwife appealed.
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Why is it important?
• The NMC has a legal framework for deciding cases concerning alleged lack of fitness to practice. It must comply with this framework, otherwise its decisions will be open to legal challenge. It’s very time-consuming and expensive to have to go through reviews and appeals in the courts, not to mention stressful for the people involved.
Perspectives
• The public has a right to expect that practitioners are safe to practice, and colleagues have a duty to speak up if a particular person’s conduct or performance is putting members of the public at risk.
Dr Andrew Symon
University of Dundee
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This page is a summary of: Appealing a Nursing and Midwifery Council ‘striking off’ order, British Journal of Midwifery, December 2017, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2017.25.12.810.
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