Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel suspends nurse Katherine Power for 12 months in health case heard in private
A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel has suspended adult nurse Katherine Rachel Power for 12 months after finding her fitness to practise impaired in a health case. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the panel's detailed findings are not in the public record.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 29 June 2026 · Updated 9 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 Katherine Rachel Power, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 87Y2461E).
Decision date: 29 June 2026 · Hearing started 29 June 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Katherine Rachel Power's fitness to practise was impaired in a health case and imposed a 12-month suspension order, with an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal period. The panel accepted a consensual panel determination, and facts were proved by her admission. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not public.
Charges
Charges 1, 2a, 2b and 2c were found proved by admission. The case was categorised as a health case and the hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19(2) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004, so the details of the charges are not in the public record.
Findings
The panel accepted a Consensual Panel Determination. Facts were proved by admission (charges 1, 2a, 2b and 2c) and the panel found Mrs Power's fitness to practise impaired. Because the hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19(2) due to the health nature of the case, the substantive findings are not in the public record.
Source
All facts on this page are drawn from the publicly published Nursing and Midwifery Council determination linked below. MedicWatch does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
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