You’re the panel

Each month, Nursing Times will consider a real-life case heard by the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness to practise panel. We’ll give you the facts of the case, as presented to the panel, and you’ll get a chance to consider what decision you would have made.

A nurse working in a care home was accused of failing to provide medication to residents several times.

A nurse faced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness-to-practise panel after receiving a conviction for the theft of fentanyl from their employer’s pharmacy.

A nurse working at a care home failed to manage a resident’s epileptic seizure appropriately with rescue medication, which led to them facing the fitness-to-practise panel.

A nurse faced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness-to-practise panel after concerns were raised about how they provided medications to a patient.

A nurse working at a nursing home faced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness-to-practise panel after two residents were not given their correct prescriptions of medication on several occasions.

A nurse moved a vulnerable patient in an inappropriate manner while using an inappropriate handling technique, leading to them facing the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness-to-practise panel.

A care home nurse used inappropriate physical force to move a resident in the home and left them isolated, resulting in a fitness-to-practise hearing.

After an agency nurse at a care home locked a resident in their room, they received a police caution for false imprisonment and faced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness-to-practise panel.

A nurse working a night shift failed to commence a patient’s insulin pump, record their blood glucose levels or complete assessment form, before failing to escalate the patient’s deteriorating condition.