Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel imposes 12-month conditions on nurse Doreen Yarnold over diabetes monitoring failings
A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel has placed 12 months of conditions on nurse Doreen Elizabeth Yarnold's registration, finding she failed to check a care home resident's ketone levels after high blood sugar readings and did not record them or hand over the concern to the night nurse.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 29 July 2026 · Updated 30 July 2026
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Concerning Doreen Elizabeth Yarnold, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 78E2606E).
Decision date: 29 July 2026 · Hearing started 23 July 2026 and ended 29 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Doreen Elizabeth Yarnold failed to check a resident's ketone levels after high blood sugar readings, failed to document those readings, gave an inadequate handover, and did not sign for another resident's pain relief medication. The panel decided these failings amounted to misconduct and that her fitness to practise is impaired. It imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, with a review before it expires. Eight other charges were not proved.
Charges
The NMC alleged that, as a registered nurse, Mrs Yarnold: on 21 November 2023 failed to take Resident A's blood sugar levels every 2 hours, failed to check Resident A's ketone levels following a high blood sugar reading, failed to document Resident A's blood sugar readings and/or ketone levels, and failed to provide an adequate handover in relation to Resident A's care; between 3 and 8 February 2024 failed to chase the GP for a repeat prescription of Furosemide for Resident B; on 7 February 2024 failed to take and/or document daily notes for Resident B; on 8 February 2024 copy and pasted entries from Resident B's care plan; on or around 12 February 2024 failed to check that the prescription for Furosemide was the correct dose; on 14 February 2024 failed to sign for Resident C's pain relief medication; on 16 February 2024 failed to request Oxycodone for Resident D, adequately manage Resident D's pain levels, update Resident D's care records and provide an adequate handover to the night shift; failed to notify her employer of an interim order imposed on 21 May 2024; breached conditions of that interim order; and acted dishonestly in seeking to conceal the conditions attached to her practice.
Findings
The panel found charges 1b, 1c, 1d and 6 proved. It was satisfied that, following high blood sugar readings, Mrs Yarnold failed to check Resident A's ketone levels; failed to adequately document Resident A's blood sugar readings and/or ketone levels; and failed to provide an adequate handover in relation to Resident A's care. It also found she failed to sign for Resident C's pain relief medication on 14 February 2024. Charges 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10 were found not proved; the NMC offered no evidence on charge 9. The panel refused the NMC's application to admit an employment reference as hearsay evidence, finding its provenance had not been established. The panel determined that the proved charges breached paragraphs 1.2, 8.2, 8.6, 10.1, 10.2, 13.1 and 20.1 of the Code and amounted to misconduct, and that limbs a, b and c of the Grant test were engaged. In the absence of evidence of insight, remediation or training, it concluded that Mrs Yarnold's fitness to practise is currently impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The panel could not identify any mitigating features in this case.
Aggravating factors
Conduct which put vulnerable residents at risk of suffering harm; absence of insight.
Source
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