Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel suspends nurse Josephine Ruggeri for 12 months in misconduct and health case
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has suspended nurse Josephine Ruggeri for 12 months after finding her fitness to practise impaired in a case involving misconduct and health, with six charges found proved.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 May 2026 · Updated 11 July 2026
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Josephine Ruggeri, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 15F0238C).
Decision date: 22 May 2026 · Hearing started 21 May 2026 and ended 22 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found nurse Josephine Ruggeri's fitness to practise impaired at a substantive meeting on 21 and 22 May 2026, in a case categorised as misconduct and health. The panel found six charges proved and two not proved, and imposed a 12-month suspension order together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The published document records the outcome only; the panel's detailed reasons are not in the public record.
Charges
The published document is a cover page recording the outcome of a Fitness to Practise Committee substantive meeting in a case categorised as Misconduct/Health. Charges 1, 2, 3, 4(a), 4(b) and 4(c) were found proved; charges 4(d) and 5 were not proved. The text of the charges is not included in the published document.
Findings
The Fitness to Practise Committee found charges 1, 2, 3, 4(a), 4(b) and 4(c) proved and charges 4(d) and 5 not proved, and found the registrant's fitness to practise impaired. The panel imposed a suspension order for 12 months and an interim suspension order for 18 months. The panel's detailed reasons are not included in the published document.
Source
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