NMC panel places interim conditions on Northern Ireland nurse Colette Caldwell for 18 months

Findings

At a New Interim Order Hearing held entirely in private under Rule 19, the Investigating Committee panel decided to impose an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The conditions require Mrs Caldwell to work only for one substantive employer, the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, to undergo monthly supervision meetings with her manager, and to provide a manager's report on her general performance and conduct before any review hearing. The order must be reviewed before the end of the next six months and every six months thereafter. The NMC Case Examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations, and the substantive allegations are not part of the public record.