NMC panel suspends nurse Gerland Aurea on interim basis while inquiry continues

Findings

This was a New Interim Order Hearing before the NMC's Investigating Committee. Mr Aurea was present and not represented. The panel decided to make an interim suspension order for a period of 18 months. The determination records that the NMC's Case Examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against Mr Aurea; the allegations are not set out in the published document and no findings of fact have been made. The panel stated that the interim suspension order will be reviewed at a review meeting within the next six months and every six months thereafter, and that a reviewing panel may revoke the order, confirm it, or replace it with an interim conditions of practice order.