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<p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the regulator for nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom working in the public interest to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public.</p><p>The NMC is an independent body and responsible for matters concerning the discharge of its statutory duties, including pursuing fitness to practice (FtP) investigations against its registrants. Statistical information</p><p>about NMC FtP cases is not routinely collected or held centrally. However, departmental officials have contacted the NMC and the following information has been provided.</p><p>As at 8 October 2013, the NMC was dealing with 4,362 FtP cases, of these 1,507 cases were aged over 12 months and 320 cases were aged over 24 months.</p><p>During the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2013, two of the FtP cases adjudicated by the NMC were referred under section 29 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act. Subsequently, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) withdrew one of these appeals. During the period 1 April to 1 October 2013, the PSA has lodged two further appeals of NMC FtP cases in the High Court.</p> |