Currently if a nurse is unhappy with the outcome of FtP hearing their only means is to take it to The High Court under appeal. Few unions support this and so a nurse or midwife finds themselves centre of a legal world they know little about - many are too scared to proceed. 5 members of NMCWatch have self litigated and overturned the decision of the FtP panel. 23 cases since 2009 have done so - some with union support.
If a member of the public is unhappy with the way a case has been handled their only hope of recourse is via the Professional Standards Authority.
However with this case we find the NMC able to do "internal review" of a case which they feel the panel did not assess and sanction appropriately and send to the PSA for review.
We ask - why are registrants or the public not told of this route - why does the NMC not provide an ability to do internal review based on registrant or public opinion?