Response to Panorama
Published on 29 September 2022
The NMC has responded to Panorama: Undercover Hospital: Patients at Risk.
Andrea Sutcliffe, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, said:
“The treatment of patients in vulnerable circumstances that Panorama has revealed is appalling and utterly dreadful to watch. We’ve opened fitness to practise cases for some professionals on our register. We’ll urgently consider whether we need to take steps to restrict their practice while we look into these concerns. Our thoughts are very much with the patients affected, and their families who should never have had to experience this.”
Other recent news…
NMC increases diversity of FtP panel member pool
Published on 30 January 2025
The NMC has increased the diversity of its pool of panel members, who make decisions at fitness to practise hearings. This has been a key aim of successive recr
NMC updates on fitness to practise plan
Published on 29 January 2025
The average age of fitness to practise (FtP) cases continues to fall across several stages of the process, as the NMC starts to reach quicker decisions for peop
Council to decide on next steps for practice learning review
Published on 23 January 2025
At its meeting on 29 January, we’re asking our Council to approve five key lines of enquiry for the next phase of the pre-registration practice learning review.
