Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
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Concerning Aime Margaret Johnston, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 13I0421S).
Decision date: 10 March 2026 · Hearing started 10 March 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered mental-health nurse Aime Margaret Johnston's existing 12-month suspension order should be allowed to lapse upon its expiry on 10 March 2026, while the finding of impairment remains. The panel accepted she is now working in hospitality with no plans to return to nursing, and decided a striking-off order would be disproportionate. If she ever applied to return to the register, the Registrar would have regard to the continuing finding of impairment.
Charges
The previously-found charges (substantive hearing, 7 February 2025) were that on a nightshift over 26-27 November 2020 the registrant slept while on duty and failed to provide adequate care to Patient A; that she slept whilst on duty on one or more occasions between July 2020 and 25 November 2020; and that between 20 February 2024 and 3 January 2025 she failed to cooperate with the NMC's investigation into her fitness to practise.
Findings
This was the first review of a 12-month substantive suspension order originally imposed on 7 February 2025. The Fitness to Practise Committee allowed the existing suspension order to lapse upon its expiry on 10 March 2026 under Article 30(1) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, with a continuing finding that fitness to practise remains impaired. The panel was satisfied that the registrant would no longer be on the register but for the order, that she is no longer likely to return to safe unrestricted practice within a reasonable period of time (she is working in hospitality with no plans to return to nursing), and that a striking-off order would be disproportionate. Should she seek to return to nursing, the Registrar would have regard to this determination and the finding of impairment.
Source
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