NMC panel suspends midwife Angela Hazelaar on interim basis while inquiry continues

Findings

This was a New Interim Order Hearing before the NMC's Investigating Committee. Ms Hazelaar was not present and not represented. The panel decided to make an interim suspension order for a period of 18 months. The determination records that the NMC's Case Examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against Ms Hazelaar; the allegations themselves are not set out in the published document and no findings of fact have been made. The panel stated that the interim suspension order will be reviewed at a review meeting within the next six months and every six months thereafter, and that a reviewing panel may revoke the order, confirm it, or replace it with an interim conditions of practice order.