Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel replaces nurse Nsa Ita's suspension with striking-off over competence concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has replaced nurse Nsa Ita's suspension with a striking-off order, finding she had shown very limited insight into lack-of-competence concerns from her neonatal work and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 6 July 2026 · Updated 12 July 2026
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Concerning Nsa Ita, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 95D0061O).
Decision date: 6 July 2026 · Hearing started 6 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Nsa Ita's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her suspension order with a striking-off order. Reviewing charges of lack of competence and misconduct in neonatal care, the panel said she had shown very limited insight, little evidence of strengthened practice, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. It concluded a further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order takes effect on 13 August 2026.
Charges
The charges found proved at the original substantive hearing related to a period between 4 February 2019 and 5 May 2019 while Miss Ita was working in a supernumerary capacity in neonatal care. They included failing to feed a baby who had vomited overnight within a reasonable period of being instructed to do so and failing to record the feeds accurately; making remarks to a colleague during the creation of a feeding plan; drawing up IV antibiotics in a manner which did not comply with aseptic non-touch technique; repeatedly asking a colleague to sign off her IV competency after they had said they were not satisfied she was competent; using a neopuff on a baby when there was no clinical need; failing to respond to monitor alarms or turning them off without ascertaining the cause; giving pre-term formula milk to a full-term baby; failing to record hourly observations of cannula line pressure; inaccurately recording desaturations; and failing to engage constructively with feedback from colleagues. Her fitness to practise was found impaired by reason of misconduct in respect of two charges and lack of competence in respect of the remainder.
Findings
This was the third review of a substantive suspension order originally imposed on 12 January 2024. The panel determined that there had been no material change in Miss Ita's level of insight since the last review, and that there remained a lack of remorse and acknowledgement of the concerns found against her. It acknowledged she had remained engaged with the process, attended the hearing, given evidence under oath, provided a certificate for an Advanced Cardiac Life Support course and worked in a voluntary non-clinical role, but found little evidence of steps taken to strengthen her practice. The panel concluded she remained liable to repeat matters of the kind found proved and that a finding of continuing impairment was necessary on the grounds of both public protection and the wider public interest. At sanction, the panel determined that it could not formulate conditions of practice that would adequately address the lack-of-competence concerns, and that a further period of suspension would not serve any useful purpose. It concluded that the only sanction that would adequately protect the public and serve the public interest was a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 13 August 2026.
Source
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