Notice requirements The NMO requires the NMC to make rules which include provisions requiring the NMC to notify specified persons, including governments of the four countries, when an allegation is referred to the CCC or to the HC for a hearing. It is considered that this requirement is unnecessary as no finding of impairment has yet been made and therefore there are no public protection implications. It is also administratively burdensome due to the high number of hearings held by the NMC per year. Therefore it is proposed that the requirement to include such a provision in rules should be removed from the legislation. The requirement for the rules to provide that the NMC should give such notification to the registrant's employer, where known, will remain. It should be noted that the NMC already has a power to disclose fitness to practise information to any person where it considers that it is in the public interest to disclose which is a more proportionate approach to disclosure. Q11. Do you agree that the requirement to notify specified persons, including governments of the four countries, when an allegation is referred to a Practice Committee panel for a hearing should be removed?
Notice requirements The NMO requires the NMC to make rules which include provisions requiring the NMC to notify specified persons, including governments of the four countries, when an allegation is referred to the CCC or to the HC for a hearing. It is considered that this requirement is unnecessary as no finding of impairment has yet been made and therefore there are no public protection implications. It is also administratively burdensome due to the high number of hearings held by the NMC per year. Therefore it is proposed that the requirement to include such a provision in rules should be removed from the legislation. The requirement for the rules to provide that the NMC should give such notification to the registrant's employer, where known, will remain. It should be noted that the NMC already has a power to disclose fitness to practise information to any person where it considers that it is in the public interest to disclose which is a more proportionate approach to disclosure. Q11. Do you agree that the requirement to notify specified persons, including governments of the four countries, when an allegation is referred to a Practice Committee panel for a hearing should be removed?
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