Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel suspends nurse Ashley Hayden Newson for 12 months in health case
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has suspended nurse Ashley Hayden Newson for 12 months, accepting a consensual panel determination that fitness to practise is impaired by reason of health. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 12 August 2026 · Updated 31 August 2026
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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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 Ashley Hayden Newson, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 16I7310E).
Decision date: 12 August 2026 · Hearing started 12 August 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that Ashley Hayden Newson, a registered adult nurse, was impaired by reason of health. The panel accepted a consensual panel determination and found charges 1, 2a, 2b(i), 2b(ii) and 2b(iii) proved. It imposed a suspension order for 12 months, with a review before it ends, and an 18-month interim suspension order. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the details are not in the public record.
Charges
Type of case: health. The substance of the charges is not in the public record, because an application to hear the entirety of the hearing in private was made and accepted under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004. The published reasons record only that charges 1, 2 a), 2 b) i), 2 b) ii) and 2 b) iii) were proved, with no charges not proved.
Findings
A consensual panel determination was accepted at a substantive meeting of the Fitness to Practise Committee. The panel found fitness to practise impaired and imposed a suspension order for 12 months with a review, together with an interim suspension order for 18 months. The panel's reasoning is not in the public record, as the hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19.
Source
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