Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
Practising with restrictions — 1 year
The regulator’s term: conditions on practice
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Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
Concerning Lee Steven Clavery, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 12E0632E).
Decision date: 20 March 2026 · Hearing started 8 July 2025 and ended 20 March 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a 12-month conditions of practice order on Lee Steven Clavery, a registered adult nurse from South Tyneside, on 20 March 2026. The panel found that during a single nightshift on 15-16 March 2019 he had failed to administer prescribed medications and a PEG feed to a patient and had falsely recorded that he had given them, and had earlier been dishonest about updating a care plan. The panel concluded that, given the passage of time, his subsequent unrestricted safe practice, remediation, and strong testimonial evidence, conditions of practice would be sufficient and proportionate.
Charges
That, between February 2019 and March 2019, Mr Clavery failed to update Patient A's care plan and incorrectly stated to Person A that he had updated it, and that statement was dishonest in concealing that he had not updated it. During a nightshift on 15-16 March 2019 he failed to administer prescribed medications and PEG feed to Patient A, incorrectly recorded administration of multiple medications, failed to administer some prescribed medication and to employ safe medication administration procedures, and his recordings were dishonest in that he knew he had not administered the medication and intended others to believe he had. Several charges proved (some by admission); some not proved.
Findings
The panel found Mr Clavery's fitness to practise impaired by reason of his misconduct. The panel concluded that, despite the seriousness of three findings of dishonesty and a course of conduct, the misconduct occurred during a three-week period seven years ago and significant mitigating factors were present, including his engagement with the process, developing insight, positive evidence of current practice over several years, remediation through training and revalidation, and continued safe practice without restriction. The panel was satisfied that workable conditions of practice could address the concerns identified.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Engagement with the process. Developing insight. Positive evidence of current practice over several years, including strong evidence from witnesses and testimonials. Continued safe practice without restriction. Remediation, including training and revalidation. The misconduct occurred during a three-week period seven years ago. Challenging working environment at the time.
Aggravating factors
Three findings of dishonesty, which the panel considered amounted to a course of conduct.
Source
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