Members of our Fitness to Practise Department recently facilitated information sessions at HIQA and Atlantic Technological University (ATU)’s Department of Nursing, Health Science and Integrated Care.

On 12 March, our, Fitness to Practice Officer, Jeanne Tarrant visited the HIQA offices in Dublin to provide an information session at their national team meeting.

During the session, she spoke with more than 100 HIQA team members about how complaints are made to NMBI and the FTP process.  Jeanne provided case studies and spoke about our commitment to provide a compassionate approach for everyone involved in the FTP process as well as the supports that are available.   

A similar session was held at ATU in Mayo on 20 March. Jeanne, along with Niamh McDonald, our Liaison Officer for the FTP Department provided students and registrants with insights into the role of NMBI, its FTP process and how professional standards impact their careers.

We received very positive feedback from attendees who found the sessions insightful and beneficial.

We would like to thank Maria Kiely Programme Coordinator for Older Person’s Services at HIQA and Mark Johnston from ATU Mayo for hosting the events.