Government orders review of NMC

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Government orders review of NMC

Friday, 27 January 2012 09:04

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.

The government has asked the Council for Regulatory Excellence to undertake the investigation “with a view to further strengthening the NMC’s leadership and governance”.

It follows the resignation of senior nursing figures at the regulator including chief executive and registrar Dickon Weir-Hughes and director of standards and registration Roger Thompson. Source: Nursing Times