Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel imposes 12-month conditions on nurse Charlotte Wood in private health case
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has imposed a 12-month conditions of practice order on nurse Charlotte Louise Wood, finding her fitness to practise impaired in a health case heard entirely in private under Rule 19.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 July 2026 · Updated 29 July 2026
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Concerning Charlotte Louise Wood, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 95J2326E).
Decision date: 22 July 2026 · Hearing started 13 July 2026 and ended 22 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Charlotte Louise Wood's fitness to practise was impaired. Ms Wood admitted the facts of most charges; one charge was not proved. This was a health case, and the panel accepted an application under Rule 19 to hear all matters in private, so the detailed charges and reasons are not in the public record. The panel imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, together with an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months.
Charges
The substantive content of the charges is not in the public record. The Fitness to Practise Committee accepted an application under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Fitness to Practise Rules Order of Council 2004 to hear all matters in private. The published record states only that this was a health case, that facts were proved by way of admission in respect of charges 1, 2a-2c, 3a-3d, 4a, 4b, 5, 6a, 6b, 7a-7d, 8, 9, 10, 12a-12d, 13a-13c, 14a, 14b, 15, 16a, 16b and 17, and that charge 11 was not proved.
Findings
The panel found Ms Wood's fitness to practise impaired. It imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months and an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The reasons for the findings are not in the public record, the hearing having been held entirely in private under Rule 19.
Source
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