Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
Suspended from practice — 8 months
The regulator’s term: suspension
What does “suspended from practice” mean?
A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Lucy Pollard, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 17K0608E).
Decision date: 17 February 2026 · Hearing started 9 February 2026 and ended 17 February 2026
In plain English
The NMC found that Miss Lucy Pollard, a registered learning disabilities nurse, had her fitness to practise found impaired by reason of misconduct. The substantive hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19. The panel found four charges proved and imposed a suspension order running until 6 October 2026.
Charges
The substantive content of this hearing was heard entirely in private under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Fitness to Practise Rules. Charges 1, 5, 8 and 9 were found proved (misconduct). Charges 3, 4 and 7 were not proved. Charges 2 and 6 were offered no evidence / proved by admission.
Findings
The substantive content of this hearing is not in the public record. The panel found fitness to practise impaired and imposed a suspension order running until 6 October 2026.
Source
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