Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel imposes 12-month practice conditions on nurse Gordon David Shirley in health case
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has placed 12 months of conditions on the registration of learning disabilities nurse Gordon David Shirley, accepting an agreed determination in a health case heard entirely in private.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 30 July 2026 · Updated 31 July 2026
Conditions on practice (practising with restrictions) — 1 year
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Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
Concerning Gordon David Shirley, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 89K0431S).
Decision date: 30 July 2026 · Hearing started 30 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Gordon David Shirley's fitness to practise is impaired. This was a health case, and the panel accepted a consensual panel determination agreed between the NMC and Mr Shirley. One charge was proved. The committee imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, along with an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The whole hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not published.
Charges
Charge 1 was found proved. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004, as amended, so the wording of the charge is not in the public record.
Findings
The Fitness to Practise Committee accepted a Consensual Panel Determination agreed between the NMC and Mr Shirley. Charge 1 was proved and the panel found his fitness to practise impaired. The case was recorded as a health case. The panel imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months and an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The substantive reasons are not in the public record because an application to hear the entirety of the hearing in private under Rule 19 was made and accepted.
Source
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