A NURSE working in Cumbria has been handed an interim suspension order. 

Sara Worthington, a registered nurse, was handed an interim suspension order for a period of 18 months.

The case was heard at the Nursing and Midwifery Council Investigating Committee on September 20, 2024. 

The NMC stated that unless the case has already been concluded or there has been a material change of circumstances, a panel will review the interim suspension order at a review meeting within the next six months and every six months thereafter.

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"A panel will be invited by the NMC to confirm the interim suspension order at this meeting and you will be notified of the panel’s decision in writing following that meeting," the report states. 

"Where there has been a material change of circumstances that might mean that the order should be revoked or replaced, or there has been a request for an early review, a panel will review the interim order at a hearing which you will be invited to attend in person, send a representative on your behalf or submit written representations for the panel to consider.

"At any such review hearing the panel may revoke the interim order, it may confirm the interim suspension order or it may replace it with an interim conditions of practice order.

"The NMC Case Examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against you.

"The NMC will write to you when the case is ready for the next stage of the fitness to practise process," the report states.