Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel suspends nurse Lian Kenny for six months over sick pay dishonesty
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has suspended nurse Lian Kenny for six months after a panel found she dishonestly received almost £6,000 in sick pay from one NHS trust while working for another. The panel noted she has since repaid the overpayment in full.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 27 April 2026 · Updated 11 July 2026
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Concerning Lian Kenny, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 15I0119E).
Decision date: 27 April 2026 · Hearing started 27 April 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Lian Kenny received £5,993.51 in sick pay from an NHS trust while also working for another NHS trust between August 2020 and October 2021, and that her conduct was dishonest. Accepting a consensual panel determination, the panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a six-month suspension order without review.
Charges
That, between 24 August 2020 and 4 October 2021, she received £5,993.51 in sick pay from North West Care NHS Foundation Trust (later merged with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust) whilst also working for Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust on dates set out in a schedule; worked whilst unfit to do so; and that her conduct was dishonest in that she knowingly worked for Bridgewater while also receiving sick pay from Mersey Care. All charges were found proved by way of her admissions in a signed consensual panel determination agreement.
Findings
The panel accepted the consensual panel determination. It found the conduct amounted to misconduct, breaching the Code's honesty and integrity requirements over a 14-month period. It found fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only, noting she had fully repaid the overpayment, demonstrated remorse and insight, undertaken probity and ethics training, and posed a low risk of repetition. It imposed a six-month suspension order without review, expiring 27 October 2026. No interim order was made.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The money overpaid by the Trust was repaid in full; remorse and insight demonstrated through developed reflection and relevant training; her clinical practice has been commended and positive references speak highly of her character.
Aggravating factors
A significant period of repeated dishonesty which was for personal gain.
Source
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