Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82586

Doctors and Nurses: Sexual Offences

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Josh Fenton-Glynn

LabourCalder Valley

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

Karin Smyth
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...

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