Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 6 months
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What does “suspended from practice” mean?
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 Ritah Ssali, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 01I4675E).
Decision date: 9 June 2026 · Hearing started 9 June 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ritah Ssali, a mental health nurse, remains impaired at a review of her 12-month conditions of practice order on 9 June 2026. The panel replaced the conditions with a six-month suspension order taking effect on 13 June 2026. The case concerned misconduct and health matters and was heard entirely in private, so the panel's detailed reasons are not public.
Charges
Type of case: misconduct and health. An application under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Fitness to Practise Rules 2004 to hear all matters in private was accepted, so the substantive charges are not set out in the public record.
Findings
At a substantive order review hearing the panel reviewed a conditions of practice order (12 months) and recorded that Miss Ssali's fitness to practise is impaired. The outcome was a suspension order (6 months) to come into effect on 13 June 2026 in accordance with Article 30(1). The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the panel's detailed reasons are not in the public record.
Source
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