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Doctors and Nurses: Sexual Offences

Commons · Question 82586 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

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Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of nurses and midwives accused of sexual misconduct were placed under interim suspension by the NMC between 2019 and 2024.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Nov 2025

The Department does not hold this information centrally. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. The NMC is independent of the Government, direct...