Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
Suspended from practice — 1 year
The regulator’s term: suspension
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Concerning Ms Juliet Sunny Johnson, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 07B3489E).
Decision date: 16 April 2026 · Hearing started 7 April 2026 and ended 16 April 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ms Juliet Sunny Johnson, a registered mental health nurse, hit a patient with a plastic bottle on 10 September 2023 and later, in an April 2024 job application to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, dishonestly failed to disclose she was subject to an NMC investigation and an Interim Conditions of Practice Order. The panel suspended her from practice for 12 months and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order pending the conclusion of any appeal.
Charges
Ms Johnson was charged with: (1) on 10 September 2023, on one or more occasions hitting Patient A with a plastic bottle, and shouting 'shut your mouth' or words to that effect; (2) in an application for employment with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust dated 11 April 2024, giving incorrect information by answering 'no' to questions about whether she was currently the subject of any regulatory investigation and whether she had ever been disqualified or required to practise subject to specified limitations; (3) that the conduct at charge 2 was dishonest in that she knew she was subject to an NMC investigation and an Interim Conditions of Practice Order, and intended to mislead the Trust.
Findings
Charges 1(a), 2(a), 2(b), 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c) were proved. Charge 1(b) was not proved. The panel found Ms Johnson's fitness to practise impaired by reason of her misconduct. The panel ordered a 12-month suspension and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order to bridge the appeal period.
Source
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