Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel replaces nurse Artiola Metallari's suspension with conditions after dishonesty findings
A Nursing and Midwifery Council review panel has found nurse Artiola Metallari's fitness to practise remains impaired on public interest grounds, replacing her suspension with a 12-month conditions of practice order and noting her significantly improved insight.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 23 June 2026 · Updated 9 July 2026
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Concerning Artiola Metallari, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 19C2120E).
Decision date: 23 June 2026 · Hearing started 23 June 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 23 June 2026 that nurse Artiola Metallari's fitness to practise remains impaired on public interest grounds. The panel replaced her 12-month suspension order, imposed in July 2025 after she admitted dishonesty charges including concealing an NMC investigation from her employer and providing a false reference, with a 12-month conditions of practice order taking effect on 29 July 2026.
Charges
Charges found proved by admission at the original hearing: while applying for a role and working at Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust between December 2022 and July 2023, she did not disclose that she was subject to an NMC investigation and incorrectly answered 'No' to declaration-form questions about ongoing fitness to practise investigations and past sanctions on her registration; on 25 September 2023 she provided an unauthorised employment reference for Person A containing inaccurate information; on 7 February 2024 she asked a ward manager to withhold information about an internal Trust investigation from a reference to be provided to the NMC; and in March 2024 she did not comply with a condition of an interim conditions of practice order. Several of these actions were found to be dishonest.
Findings
This was the first review of a 12-month suspension order imposed by a Fitness to Practise Committee panel on 1 July 2025, where impairment had been found on public interest grounds only. The review panel found a significant improvement in her insight since the substantive hearing, supported by a reflective piece and positive testimonials, but considered there was limited evidence of continued professional development in the specific areas of concern. It determined that her fitness to practise remains impaired on public interest grounds and replaced the suspension order with a 12-month conditions of practice order, taking effect on the expiry of the suspension order in accordance with Article 30(1), requiring a personal development plan addressing professional ethics, honesty and integrity, mentor or line-manager reports, and notification obligations to the NMC.
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