We all understand why professional regulation is so important, particularly when those professionals are in direct contact with the sick, elderly or vulnerable. Safeguarding patients is paramount, but so is making sure that dedicated nurses and midwives receive a fair hearing and can put forward their best possible case. Livelihoods are often at stake and the FTP process can involve months or even years of uncertainty.
Through the FTP programme students will be assisting nurses and midwives who are the subject of fitness to practise proceedings by their regulator and who, for whatever reason, do not have access to legal representation.