Amelia Morten Scott died by suicide in October 2023 - she was only 34years old - a nurse under investigation by the NMC

In July 2024 channel 4 news interviewed Sir David Warren https://www.channel4.com/news/damning-report-on-nursing-and-midwifery-council-will-be-turning-point-says-chair#:~:text=Sir%20David%20Warren%20is%20the,the%20Nursing%20and%20Midwifery%20Council.&text=Ayshah%20Tull%3A%20Some%20really%20serious,allegations%20there.%20Absolutely%20damning

Sir David Warren stepped down from his position as head of council around March 2025. 

Aushah Tull, the reporter asked him:

"Some really serious allegations there. Absolutely damning. I wanted to draw your attention to the six suicides or suspected suicides. We know that each of these cases are very complex, but one mother has blamed the NMC for her daughter’s death. What do you say to the parents and families who think that you’re responsible?"

Sir David responded "Good evening Ayshah. Can I start by saying how profoundly sorry I am to the families of those nurses who died by suicide, either during or after a fitness to practice process. Every suicide is an avoidable personal tragedy and I feel profoundly shocked by Nazir Afzal’s report, and by the detailed review he has taken into fitness to practice processes and staff culture. In the case of the six nurses who died by suicide, we await the coroner’s inquests, in the majority of cases. And we wait to see what recommendations the coroner will make. We will, of course, take those forward, as urgently as possible. But the most important thing for us to do is to focus on the impact that our ‘fitness to practice’ processes, which are far too protracted, I accept the review in its entirety, have on the people caught up in them. The registrants, especially the most vulnerable, and the staff of the NMC."