‘Dysfunctional’ culture at UK nursing regulator is safety threat, review warns

One ex-employee describes Nursing and Midwifery Council as hotbed of bullying, racism and toxic behaviour'

A dysfunctional" culture at the UK nursing regulator is threatening public safety, according to a damning report that found the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) took seven years to strike off a nurse who had been accused of rape and sexual assault.

Staff at the regulator broke down in tears as they recounted their frustrations over safeguarding decisions that put the public at risk", according to the authors of an independent review of the regulator.