Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — interim orders hearing
NMC panel imposes 18-month interim conditions on nurse Joanna Rabbitts
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Investigating Committee has imposed an 18-month interim conditions of practice order on nurse Joanna Loueen Rabbitts, requiring supervision of her medication practice while its case examiners decide whether there is a case to answer.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 10 August 2026 · Updated 31 August 2026
Interim order imposed (interim restrictions imposed) — 18 months
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What does “interim restrictions imposed” mean?
An interim order is a precautionary restriction imposed before the regulator's investigation is complete. It is not a finding of fault — the underlying allegations have not yet been adjudicated.
Concerning Joanna Loueen Rabbitts, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 05F0294E).
Decision date: 10 August 2026 · Hearing started 10 August 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that Joanna Loueen Rabbitts should practise under an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The conditions require her to work for one employer, to be directly supervised when administering and managing medication until signed off as competent, and to meet her line manager monthly to discuss her performance. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Charges
The NMC's case examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against Mrs Rabbitts. The allegations are not set out in the published determination and have not been adjudicated.
Findings
The panel decided to make an interim conditions of practice order for a period of 18 months, determining those conditions to be proportionate and appropriate. The conditions require Mrs Rabbitts to limit her practice to one substantive employer which must not be agency or bank work; to be directly supervised by a registered nurse in the administration and management of medication until signed off as competent, with verification sent to the NMC within seven days; to meet her line manager, supervisor or mentor monthly to discuss the standard of her general performance, in particular medication management and administration; and to send reports of those discussions to her NMC case officer before any review. The order must be reviewed before the end of the next six months and every six months thereafter, and may be revoked, confirmed, varied or replaced with an interim suspension order at any review.
Source
All facts on this page are drawn from the publicly published Nursing and Midwifery Council determination linked below. MedicWatch does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
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