Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC review panel replaces nurse Alison Kerr's suspension with conditions over falsified records
A Nursing and Midwifery Council review panel has replaced nurse Alison Linda Kerr's suspension with a 12-month conditions of practice order. The panel found her fitness to practise remains impaired after she falsified patient observation records in 2020, but noted significant progress.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 April 2026 · Updated 11 July 2026
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Concerning Alison Linda Kerr, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 07I1129S).
Decision date: 22 April 2026 · Hearing started 22 April 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed the suspension order imposed on adult nurse Alison Linda Kerr in 2025 after she recorded patient observations that had not taken place and was dishonest about it. The review panel found her fitness to practise remains impaired, with limited insight, but accepted she had made significant progress. It replaced the suspension with a 12-month conditions of practice order requiring supervision and preventing her from being the nurse in charge of any shift.
Charges
The charges found proved at the original hearing (29 September to 1 October 2025) were that on 11 September 2020 she recorded details of purported NEWS observations of Patient A and Patient B which did not take place; that those actions were dishonest; that on 11 September 2020, 16 September 2020, and on 29 October and 18 November 2020 she asserted to colleagues that she had carried out the purported observations and recorded them retrospectively, when this was not the case; and that those assertions were dishonest. Her fitness to practise was found impaired by reason of her misconduct and a six-month suspension order was imposed.
Findings
At this first review of the substantive suspension order, the panel found that her fitness to practise remains impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds. It accepted that she has made progress in understanding what she did and why it was wrong, and noted her remorse, CPD activity and reflective statement, but concluded that her insight remains limited and that there remains a risk of repetition. Considering that a further suspension would be disproportionate and prevent her from demonstrating professional development, the panel replaced the suspension order with a conditions of practice order for 12 months, taking effect at the end of 30 April 2026. The conditions include working for a single substantive employer, direct supervision by a registered nurse, not being the nurse in charge of any shift, keeping a weekly reflective practice portfolio, a personal development plan, and monthly review meetings, with a further review before the order expires.
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