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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

Scandal-hit nursing regulator wrongly approved hundreds of nurses to work in UK, damning report reveals

A scandal-hit regulator wrongly approved more than 350 “fraudulent” or “underqualified” nurses to work in the UK, amid a “dysfunctional” culture exposed by The Independent.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which regulates more than 800,000 nurses and midwives, is also failing to spot workers who could pose a serious risk to patient safety and to prioritise investigating them.

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