Abstract
While appreciating that miscarriages of justice unfairly deny innocent parties their livelihood and practice, such cases are very rare. The decision to change the burden of proof in NMC misconduct allegations brings the council’s standards in line with disciplinary investigations in most NHS trusts. I want to belong to a profession that protects standards of care robustly and if there is a 51 per cent chance that a nurse has seriously breached best practice standards then I would rather they were removed from our register. The There is no suggestion that the change in standards of proof would increase the number of nurses committing minor offences being removed from the register. Our profession’s disciplinary machine is a robust and highly reassuring one. If you are in doubt attend one of the hearings and surprise yourself at the propriety, fairness and appropriateness of the process. So, well done the NMC: reduce the burden of proof and continue to offer a high quality of fair play in protecting our patients and the good name of our profession.
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