Can FtP process be more kind to registrants while still protecting the public?
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Can FtP process be more kind to registrants while still protecting the public?

Alison Stacey RCNi senior news reporter
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Impact of often protracted proceedings and potentially intimidating ‘courtroom-style’ hearings can be emotionally traumatic as well as professionally ruinous

Nurses facing fitness to practise (FtP) processes are experiencing depression, suicidal thoughts, financial ruin and professional exile when they have to wait months, or even years, for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to conclude their cases.

Nursing Standard. 39, 8, 8-10. doi: 10.7748/ns.39.8.8.s3

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31 July 2024 / Vol 39 issue 8

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