In 2014-2015 the NMC expenditure was £76million with £57million spent on FTP cases. 30 FTP cases a day held currently with each one costing £13,000, however some reports are stating that up to 85 cases are heard daily which would bring the cost even higher. Jackie Smith gets £20,000 pay rise bringing her annual salary to £192,850 for 2016-2017. In total, the NMC’s executive team was paid £1.2m in 2016-2017. It was announced 2 days ago that the NMC council will be receiving an 11% increase, meaning they will receive £14,724 a year for committing to work three days a month. This will be backdated to April 2017. An NMC official, Stephen Thornton, stated; “The NMC remuneration committee did think today’s proposals were reasonable, proportionate and evidence-based” There is also evidence to show many nurses living on the breadline, are doing so as a result of being disproportionately treated whilst undergoing NMC investigations and potentially referred with no evidence-based from employers or given any reasonable duty of care...food for thought...