My SPOHN was never registered at the NMC due to a big mess up and the
NMC said I'd have to retake the course. You can imagine what my reply
was after 3 years of study! (Actually it was 4 as I did a year part
time.)

On 25/09/2011, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I had a similar, but not quite as protracted experience about two years ago:
>
> I filled in my form, paid my money as below. I got my PIN card with a
> covering letter ­ thank goodness I read it carefully. MY RN registration was
> there but my SCPHN registration was stated as ³lapsed². As I work in OH the
> SCPHN registration is essential, particularly as I must be SCPHN in order to
> lead an NMC validated OH programme. To add to the worry we were in the
> middle of an NMC review. All  NMC validated courses are subject to regular
> review ­ our time had come. Part of the process includes checking the CVs
> and NMC registration of those who teach, and particularly those the Course
> Director.
>
> My heart stopped ­ this could have put our course at serious risk. As far as
> I was aware I had completed all the paperwork. On calling the NMC a very
> helpful chap looked into the reason why my SCPHN was stated as having lapsed
> and he suggested that I may not have completed the form. I was certain that
> I had so asked him to check for me. I had completed the paperwork
> satisfactorily but the reason I had not been registered as SCpHN seemed to
> be that the optical reader had missed that I had checked both RN and SCPHN
> boxes. The chap I spoke to was very helpful and efficient and It was sorted
> immediately.
>
> I highlighted this to my students and suggested they tell their colleagues
> to check their registrations which can be done on line. I was not the only
> one to whom this had happened. One of my friends (a very well known and
> respected OHN) had the same experience that Lynda¹s colleague had. She too
> had had money taken out of her bank account but her registration had not
> been confirmed. She only found out when she queried why she had not received
> her PIN card several weeks later!
>
> Moral of the story ­ check up on the currency of your registration.
>
> Anne
>
>
> On 25/09/2011 12:20, "Lynda M Bruce" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>> A professional associate of mine has found herself in a very difficult
>> situation and I need some advice on the best way to assist her.
>> My associate was until recently a Registered Nurse on Part three of the
>> NMC
>> register as an Occupational Health Nurse.
>> We have her bank statement from last year showing that the NMC took a
>> direct
>> debit from her account and so my associate assumed that all was well and
>> that
>> she was reregistered (the money is still with the NMC).
>> As she had moved address several times-always advising the NMC she assumed
>> that all was well although she had not received an NMC card.
>> We now find that although the NMC did indeed collect the Direct Debit my
>> associate was not entered on the register.
>> I understand that this registration should have been confirmed by my
>> associate
>> by looking up the Register and she did not do this.
>> When the Direct Debit was not taken off this year she started to try and
>> call
>> the NMC-a very difficult process and it was five days before she managed
>> to
>> speak to anyone.
>> At this stage she was told by the NMC representative that she had been
>> practising illegally as a nurse due to not being registered and that she
>> should go home immediately. (The NMC also acknowledged removing the money
>> by
>> DD and offered to connect her to the Finance department for a refund)
>> The process now is that she must wait for the NMC to send out some
>> forms-five
>> days later this has not happened and once these forms are received and
>> completed then my associate has to attend a meeting face to face with a
>> panel
>> to be reinstated on the register. No time scale is available for this.
>> I am at a loss as to how we can speed up the process.
>> My associate is with the RCN who have been supportive but are not actively
>> pursuing any line of action.
>> My associates employer has been advised they can re employ her as an
>> occupational health technician but this would mean ending her current
>> contractual agreement and starting a new one.
>> So unsurprisingly my associate is very anxious-no income from her usual
>> role
>> for an unspecified period and apparently no way to speed up the process.
>> Can anyone advise me who we could speak to at the NMC (and how to contact
>> them) to see if this matter can be resolved speedily? Also any other
>> pertinent
>> advice would be gratefully received. A further flaw seems to be that we
>> are in
>> Scotland and the NMC state that 'the national board' over rode an address
>> change my associate made. Does anyone know who the National Board is?
>> I personally now have some advice for all-a) Check you are on the register
>> right now and b) always send your registration documents by registered
>> post.
>> I am very grateful if you have taken the trouble to read this far and look
>> forward to feedback-I am happy to receive responses directly to my in box
>> to
>> avoid clogging up Jiscmail. My e mail account is  [log in to unmask]
>> Kind Regards
>> Lynda Bruce
>> Aberdeen
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