Earlier this month, NMBI's Fitness to Practise (FTP) Department met with our colleagues at Tallaght University Hospital where we spoke about our commitment to provide a compassionate approach for everyone involved in the FTP process.

Our FTP Department has been working hard to implement the Compassion Project and, since its launch last year, we have been engaging in outreach events to explain the process.

NMBI provides an emotional support telephone service to our registrants and witnesses during the process. It provides counselling services and signposts callers to other relevant services including to the trade unions. The freephone service, available 24/7, enables those involved to speak with a qualified counsellor about any aspect of the FTP procedure. We hope that the counselling service provided will enable people to have a safe place to share any concerns they have about the process.