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Analysis
Nurses facing fitness to practise hearings ‘pushed to breaking point’
Registrants under NMC investigation can experience poor mental health while waiting years for their cases to be heard. Stephanie Jones-Berry reports.
Stephanie Jones-Berry
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@StephJonesBerry
Posted 11 May 2016
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