More than half of the nurses who have been referred to the NMC may have gone on to experience suicidal thoughts. This has been brought to light by a snapshot survey by a group who are continually campaigning for improved support. This is especially the case for those who are going through an FTP procedure in the past. If you work in nursing jobs or even as a nursing agency employee then you will know how much stress this can put on you as a professional and you will also know how difficult it can be to maintain a high level of performance with this kind of constant worry. Even those who work in a nursing recruitment agency can understand this, and it’s devastating to see this kind of result.

Comments have been made by nurses who have taken part in the survey and they have stated that the whole thing is lifechanging for them. They also believe that they were referred for issues that would be considered as being minor. On top of this, they feel as though the whole thing is very isolating and at times they feel ashamed. They have stated that they feel as though they are being treated as being guilty from the start and the impact it
has on them is unbearable.
Nurses have left their job in the past because they believe that the risk that comes with it is too high and that nobody deserves to go through this at all.

Another person wrote that they would never be the same nurse again and that they contemplated suicide after hearing that they had to go through with it. It’s awful to see that nurses are being subjected to this kind of treatment and the impact that it has on their lives cannot be compared to anything else.