Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel imposes conditions on nurse Vida Amponsah over patient call bell removal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has placed a six-month conditions of practice order on agency nurse Vida Bruwaa Amponsah after finding she removed a recovering patient's call bell and spoke rudely to her at Stepping Hill Hospital.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 13 May 2026 · Updated 10 July 2026
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Concerning Vida Bruwaa Amponsah, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 99L1151O).
Decision date: 13 May 2026 · Hearing started 22 October 2025 and ended 13 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that agency nurse Vida Bruwaa Amponsah removed a recovering patient's call bell without clinical justification and spoke to her rudely during a night shift at Stepping Hill Hospital in September 2021. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired, imposed a six-month conditions of practice order requiring supervision and a personal development plan, and an 18-month interim conditions order covering the appeal period. Several other charges were dismissed or found not proved.
Charges
That while working as an agency registered nurse at Stepping Hill Hospital on a night duty commencing 7 September 2021, she: dragged Patient A out of bed (found not proved); removed Patient A's call bell without clinical justification (found proved); removed Patient A's water without clinical justification (no case to answer); told Patient A 'you need to stay in bed' and 'you should be grateful you are being looked after' or words to that effect (both found proved); did not adequately assess Patient A's NEWS2 score (no case to answer); told Person A they should not be calling the Hospital (no case to answer); and incorrectly told Person B that Patient A was fine (no case to answer).
Findings
The panel found proved that Mrs Amponsah removed Patient A's call bell without clinical justification and told her 'you need to stay in bed' and 'you should be grateful you are being looked after' or words to that effect. It found the charge of dragging Patient A out of bed not proved, and accepted there was no case to answer on the remaining charges. The panel found the proved conduct amounted to misconduct and that her fitness to practise is impaired on public protection and public interest grounds, noting limited insight and a risk of repetition. It imposed a six-month conditions of practice order requiring supervision and a Personal Development Plan, with a review before expiry, and an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months to cover the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Completed some relevant training; reflective statements; worked unrestricted and without further concerns being raised in the last almost five years.
Aggravating factors
Risk of harm to Patient A; distress caused to Patient A; the vulnerability of Patient A.
Source
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