Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — interim orders hearing
NMC panel imposes 18-month interim conditions on nurse Linda Marie Hockey pending inquiry
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Investigating Committee has imposed an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months on registered nurse Linda Marie Hockey, restricting her to a single employer while its case examiners decide whether there is a case to answer.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 8 July 2026 · Updated 13 July 2026
Interim order imposed (interim restrictions imposed) — 18 months
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What does “interim restrictions imposed” mean?
An interim order is a precautionary restriction imposed before the regulator's investigation is complete. It is not a finding of fault — the underlying allegations have not yet been adjudicated.
Concerning Linda Marie Hockey, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 86B0195S).
Decision date: 8 July 2026 · Hearing started 8 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that an interim conditions of practice order should be imposed on registered nurse Linda Marie Hockey for 18 months. Ms Hockey was not present or represented at the virtual hearing on 8 July 2026. The conditions limit her to a single substantive employer, require fortnightly meetings with her line manager, and require reports on her clinical performance. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Charges
The published document does not set out the allegations. It records that the NMC Case Examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against Ms Hockey, and that the NMC will write to her when the case is ready for the next stage of the fitness to practise process. The parts of the conditions that describe the specific concerns are redacted as [PRIVATE] in the public record.
Findings
This was a New Interim Order Hearing before the NMC's Investigating Committee; no findings of fact were made. The panel decided to make an interim conditions of practice order for a period of 18 months. The published conditions require Ms Hockey to limit her nursing practice to a single substantive employer (with agency placements of at least three months), to meet her line manager or supervisor fortnightly to discuss clinical performance, to provide a supervisor's report before any review hearing or meeting, and to notify her case officer about employment changes, clinical incidents, investigations and disciplinary proceedings. Several conditions are redacted as [PRIVATE]. Ms Hockey was not present and was unrepresented at the virtual hearing.
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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