Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel suspends nurse Lusina Dirorimwe for 12 months over falsified records
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has suspended nurse Lusina Dirorimwe for 12 months after finding she completed clinical records for a night shift she did not work and dishonestly claimed the hours, while finding similar charges from November 2019 not proved.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 13 May 2026 · Updated 10 July 2026
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Concerning Lusina Dirorimwe, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 03E0358O).
Decision date: 13 May 2026 · Hearing started 28 July 2025 and ended 13 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Lusina Dirorimwe did not attend a night shift caring for a vulnerable patient on 31 December 2019, completed clinical records indicating she had provided care that night when she had not, and dishonestly claimed hours she had not worked. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension order. Charges relating to a November 2019 shift were found not proved.
Charges
That, as a registered nurse providing home night care to Patient A: she failed to attend her shift on 4 November 2019, claimed hours not worked by submitting an inaccurate timesheet, completed care documents for that night, and was dishonest in doing so (all not proved); on 31 December 2019 failed to attend her night shift at Patient A's home; completed the Night Clinical Checklist, Fluid Balance Chart and Night Shift Evaluation Sheet indicating she had provided care during that shift when she had not; claimed hours she had not worked for that shift; and her conduct in completing those records and claiming those hours was dishonest.
Findings
Charges 4, 5a-5c and 7 were proved by way of admission; dishonesty was found proved in respect of the 31 December 2019 clinical records (charge 6) and the timesheet (charge 8). All charges relating to the 4 November 2019 shift were found not proved. The panel found the record falsification and dishonesty amounted to misconduct (the failure to attend the shift itself did not) and that fitness to practise is impaired on public protection and public interest grounds. It concluded the dishonesty arose from a specific set of circumstances rather than systematic or longstanding deception, declined the NMC's request for a striking-off order, and imposed a 12-month suspension order with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Early admission of some of the facts, albeit dishonesty was denied; evidence of safe and professional work since the incidents, including positive testimonials from colleagues on current good practice; relevant training courses in safeguarding, medication management, record keeping and duty of candour undertaken since the misconduct; some evidence of reflective practice and references to clinical supervision. Personal mitigation: lack of support from the employer, including pressure to continue attending work, and the impact of significant pressures to work additional shifts.
Aggravating factors
Conduct which deliberately or recklessly put Patient A at risk of suffering harm, by deliberately falsifying the dates of documentation in relation to their care; deliberate breaches of the Code, in making a conscious decision to falsify the dates of records; limited insight into the misconduct; Patient A was particularly vulnerable, given their complex condition requiring 24-hour nursing care in their home.
Source
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