NMC panel imposes 18-month interim conditions on nurse Lauren Hemmingway

Findings

At a New Interim Order Hearing, the Investigating Committee panel decided to make an interim conditions of practice order for a period of 18 months. The conditions include working only for a single substantive employer (agency placements of no less than three months), not being the sole nurse in charge, always having access to supervision from a senior nurse, fortnightly meetings with a line manager or supervisor covering case load management, documentation and record keeping and safeguarding practice, and reporting obligations to the NMC. One condition was recorded as private. The order must be reviewed before the end of the next six months and every six months thereafter. The NMC Case Examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.