Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
Practising with restrictions — 2 years
The regulator’s term: conditions on practice
What does “practising with restrictions” mean?
Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
Concerning Manoj Sebastian, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 02E0714O).
Decision date: 2 March 2026 · Hearing started 2 March 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Manoj Sebastian's fitness to practise remained impaired at this review hearing, but decided to replace his existing 12-month suspension order with a 24-month conditions of practice order. The conditions include working for only one substantive employer, having fortnightly meetings with his line manager, and not being the sole nurse on duty or nurse in charge on any shift. The new order takes effect on 8 April 2026.
Charges
This was a Substantive Order Review Hearing. The original substantive findings (a Misconduct and Health case) are not re-litigated at a review; the panel was reviewing the existing 12-month suspension order. Some elements of the conditions of practice imposed at this review (conditions 2, 3b, 4b, 7 and 8) were redacted from the public record as private health-related matters.
Findings
The panel found Mr Sebastian's fitness to practise remained currently impaired. It decided to replace the existing 12-month suspension order with a conditions of practice order for 24 months, to come into effect on 8 April 2026 under Article 30(1). Conditions include working only for one substantive non-agency employer, fortnightly meetings with his line manager, not being the sole nurse on duty or nurse in charge on any shift, and various reporting requirements to the NMC.
Source
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