Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel suspends nurse Benedicte Briand for 12 months in private health case
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has suspended nurse Benedicte Briand for 12 months after finding two charges proved and her fitness to practise impaired. The case was heard entirely in private under Rule 19.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 24 July 2026 · Updated 29 July 2026
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Benedicte Briand, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 23B0476E).
Decision date: 24 July 2026 · Hearing started 26 September 2025 and ended 24 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Benedicte Briand's fitness to practise was impaired. The committee found charges 1 and 2 proved and imposed a suspension order for 12 months, together with an interim suspension order for 18 months. The NMC recorded the matter as a health and caution case. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004, so the detailed charges and reasons are not in the public record.
Charges
Charges 1 and 2 were found proved. The NMC recorded the matter as a health and caution case. The substance of the charges is not in the public record: an application under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004 to hear all matters in private was accepted.
Findings
The Fitness to Practise Committee found charges 1 and 2 proved and found Mrs Briand's fitness to practise impaired. It imposed a suspension order for 12 months and an interim suspension order for 18 months. The panel's reasons are not in the public record, as all matters were heard in private under Rule 19.
Source
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