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NurseNursing and Midwifery Council 20I0177N

Laura Elaine McGuigan

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Laura Elaine McGuigan, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 20I0177N). Most recent decision: Suspension (suspended from practice) on 17 July 2026 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Current status

Most recent outcome: Suspension (suspended from practice) for 1 month, decided 17 July 2026 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

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.

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Decisions and hearings

  1. Nursing and Midwifery Councilsubstantive hearing

    Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 month

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Laura Elaine McGuigan, a registered mental health nurse, had charges 1a and 1b proved against her and that her fitness to practise is impaired. The committee imposed a suspension order for one month and made no interim order. The NMC recorded the type of case as a caution. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the details of the charges and the panel's reasons are not in the public record.

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