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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
8 December 2015
Case update: High court confirms duty on Registrants to notify NMC of change of address for service of documents
R. (on the application of Wright) v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2015] EWHC 3102 (Admin)
Karen Wright (“W”) appealed to the High Court against a decision of a Conduct and Competence Committee (“the Committee”) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (“NMC”) dated 5 February 2015. The Committee determined that W’s fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and W was struck off the NMC’s register as a result. At the time of the appeal W was a registered nurse who was employed by a National Health Service Trust in the West Midlands from 2001 to 2012. The facts of the misconduct alleged, and found proved, are not pertinent for the purposes of this case commentary, as the key issue was of service upon the Registrant.
7 December 2015
Director of Public Prosecutions stops private prosecution for sex-selective abortion
On 1 December 2015 campaigner Aisling Hubert made an application for judicial review over the Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP’s) decision not to prosecute two doctors who were filmed offering to carry out abortions based on the children’s gender.
7 December 2015
Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – October - November 2015
Recent news relating to the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
2 December 2015
Be silent and be ignored
The recent investigation of nurses’ failings at Brithdir care home provides lessons for others facing regulatory review, says regulatory lawyer Lucy Williams.
On 21 August 2015, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) concluded its 81 day hearing into failings at Brithdir Care Home, the subject of the UK's biggest inquiry to date into alleged neglect.
This article was first published on Nursing Older People magazine.
24 November 2015
Case update: High Court terminates immediate suspension order imposed by the General Dental Council
Davey v General Dental Council, Queen’s Bench Division [2015 WL 6757832]
Judgement date: 08 October 2015
In this case, Mr Davey made an application to the Queen’s Bench Division to remove or overturn the immediate suspension order made by the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) of the General Dental Council (GDC) restricting his right to practise.