Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel lets nurse Niall Mulvihill's suspension expire with impairment finding in health case
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has decided that a suspension order on nurse Niall Patrick Mulvihill will expire on 13 May 2026 with a finding of impairment, following a review hearing in a health case held entirely in private.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 7 April 2026 · Updated 11 July 2026
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Concerning Niall Patrick Mulvihill, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 18G4807E).
Decision date: 7 April 2026 · Hearing started 7 April 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Niall Patrick Mulvihill's fitness to practise remains impaired in a health case. At a review hearing on 7 April 2026, the panel decided the existing six-month suspension order should expire with a finding of impairment on 13 May 2026. The hearing was held entirely in private, so the details are not public.
Findings
At a substantive order review hearing on 7 April 2026, the Fitness to Practise Committee panel found that Mr Mulvihill's fitness to practise remains impaired and decided that the existing six-month suspension order should expire with a finding of impairment on 13 May 2026, in accordance with Article 30(1). This is a health case, and an application under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004 was accepted, so the entirety of the hearing was held in private; the substantive content is not in the public record.
Source
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