Nurse regulator 'not good enough'

The regulator for nurses and midwives is still not doing enough to protect patients properly, MPs are warning.

The Health Select Committee said a huge backlog of cases was hampering the ability of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to safeguard standards.

The cross-party group of MPs also highlighted the regulator's poor record of having decisions overturned on appeal.

But the NMC said it was working hard to put things right.

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