The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) has published its first ever State of Complaints report. The document provides an overview of the fitness to practise process, covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023. As part of the publication, data was reviewed for all matters concluded in 2023.
As of 31 December 2023, there were a total of 89,308 nurses and midwives registered with the NMBI. In 2023, the Board received 75 complaints about the fitness to practise of a registered nurse or midwife, representing 0.088 per cent of all practitioners on the Register. Of the 75 complaints, 36 were received from employers, 35 from members of the public, and four from the Board of NMBI. The full report is available on the NMBI website.
NMBI Interim Chief Executive Carolyn Donohoe said: “It is important to highlight that most of our registrants uphold the principles of the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives, and only a very small number of nurses and midwives were the subject of a complaint.
“In the years to come, we intend to gather more in-depth data with the aim of developing learnings which can be widely circulated. We believe this data will provide registrants with a greater understanding of the fitness to practise process. In addition, the information will assist us in streamlining our processes.”
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