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All, As a registrant, I balk at having to pay increased fees again. However, it is worth pointing out that all 9 health profession regulators work in the same way and charge their registrants –GMC, HPC, GDC, etc and all have/need Fitness to Practice Committees. I understand the previous UKCC was in a bit of a mess and this took some clearing. The NMC is a registered charity and Charitable status requires that all funds received are used for a specific purpose and that this purpose is purely for public benefit alone. With regards to Fitness to Practice, the primary concern is protecting the public and confidence in the profession but the NMC also do consider the needs of the registrant. There are 600,00 nurses and midwives on the register. The NMC received 4,211 referrals year to date (April 2011/12), compared to 1,461 in 2004. Each one has to be carefully assessed and severity/ need for action decided by a triage team and then passed to a full panel. Not all cases need moving on. Each registrant with a case against them is entitled to a fair and judicial process, and may undergo several interim order reviews until final substantive hearing. Each stage involves teams of panellists, legal assessors, back office staff, investigators plus facilities, paperwork etc etc. The NMC has been working to reduce timescales from referral to final hearing; in some historical cases this has been 4 years+……not great for all parties involved. Some registrants cannot be traced! Not all cases lead to a removal from the register. Plus on top of all this there is the ‘Council for Healthcare Regulatory Performance (CHRE)’ who scrutinise all decisions made by all regulators and any feedback they give has to be followed up. Decisions can be overturned in the House of Lords. So I say all this not to necessarily justify or wish to open up a right/wrong debate and am certainly not defending the NMC per-se as I’m sure they will do it themselves! I say it only to inform the group of just one function of the NMC where quite a bit of our money goes. I can’t for a second see the Government agreeing to take over the cost of all of these regulators! That is why consultation is really important, and I will be having my say. Tim From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Naylor, Sharon [HMPS] Sent: 24 May 2012 09:33 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] NMC to consult on fee increase I had a conversation recently with someone who stated that I should be mindful of the fact that the NMC`s primary concern is to protect the interests of the public, and therefore not primarily the interests of nurses. I`m not sure whether this view is right, but if you do take that as a starting point then it does become clearer why they are hiking the cost of registration. Not that I agree with it by the way, just saying.... ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allison Caine Sent: 23 May 2012 20:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] NMC to consult on fee increase Hi Graham, We are putting this on our website. I'm appalled that those of us who practice within our NMC code, are being penalised for those who do not, surely the fitness to practice costs should come out of a government pot?? Kind regards Allison Caine Secretary - NWOHG In a message dated 23/05/2012 20:13:32 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> writes: Trouble viewing this email? 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