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| Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'concealed temperature' | |
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| Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey faces disciplinary action over claims she concealed her temperature at an Ebola screening on her return to the UK. | Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey faces disciplinary action over claims she concealed her temperature at an Ebola screening on her return to the UK. |
| The 40-year-old was infected with the virus while at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone in 2014. | |
| She is alleged to have given dishonest answers to medical staff when she returned to Heathrow airport. | She is alleged to have given dishonest answers to medical staff when she returned to Heathrow airport. |
| The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has been investigating Ms Cafferkey's conduct. | The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has been investigating Ms Cafferkey's conduct. |
| The council alleges that she "allowed an incorrect temperature to be recorded" on 29 December 2014 and intended to conceal from Public Health England staff that she had a temperature higher than 38C. | The council alleges that she "allowed an incorrect temperature to be recorded" on 29 December 2014 and intended to conceal from Public Health England staff that she had a temperature higher than 38C. |
| Registered NHS nurse Ms Cafferkey travelled to the West African country at the height of the Ebola crisis to help the sick. | Registered NHS nurse Ms Cafferkey travelled to the West African country at the height of the Ebola crisis to help the sick. |
| She returned to London and then travelled on to Scotland before being diagnosed, and spent almost a month being treated in an isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital. | She returned to London and then travelled on to Scotland before being diagnosed, and spent almost a month being treated in an isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital. |
| Ms Cafferkey recovered but was readmitted to hospital on two separate occasions after suffering complications linked to the disease, and at one stage fell critically ill. | Ms Cafferkey recovered but was readmitted to hospital on two separate occasions after suffering complications linked to the disease, and at one stage fell critically ill. |
| 'Normal life' | 'Normal life' |
| But she returned to work as a nurse at the Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire, where she had been employed before volunteering to go to Sierra Leone with the Save the Children charity. | But she returned to work as a nurse at the Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire, where she had been employed before volunteering to go to Sierra Leone with the Save the Children charity. |
| She described at the time how she was "very happy to be alive" and was looking forward to returning to a "normal life". | She described at the time how she was "very happy to be alive" and was looking forward to returning to a "normal life". |
| However, in the months that followed her health suffered as she had issues with her thyroid, her hair fell out and she had headaches and pains in her joints. | However, in the months that followed her health suffered as she had issues with her thyroid, her hair fell out and she had headaches and pains in her joints. |
| But Ms Cafferkey stressed that she felt lucky because she had not lost her sight as others had done. | But Ms Cafferkey stressed that she felt lucky because she had not lost her sight as others had done. |
| In March of last year the NMC began investigating her conduct and she was summoned for a preliminary hearing in Edinburgh. | In March of last year the NMC began investigating her conduct and she was summoned for a preliminary hearing in Edinburgh. |
| She was not told the charges against her at that time, but they were thought to centre on allegations that she was unwell before she began her journey and her symptoms were obscured. | She was not told the charges against her at that time, but they were thought to centre on allegations that she was unwell before she began her journey and her symptoms were obscured. |
| The NMC has now released the full charges, which allege Ms Cafferkey did not tell Public Health England screening staff who took her temperature at the airport that she had recently taken paracetamol. | |
| She is also said to have left the area without reporting her true temperature. | |
| 'Public interest' | 'Public interest' |
| A hearing on Ms Cafferkey's fitness to practise is set to take place in Edinburgh next month. The NMC has the power to strike workers off the professional register. | |
| A spokesman for the NMC said it had been working closely with Ms Cafferkey and her representatives to reach an outcome "that is fair and meets the public interest". | A spokesman for the NMC said it had been working closely with Ms Cafferkey and her representatives to reach an outcome "that is fair and meets the public interest". |
| He added: "Since the NMC's case examiners considered the allegations and drafted charges, we have received further evidence. | He added: "Since the NMC's case examiners considered the allegations and drafted charges, we have received further evidence. |
| "The final charges the panel will consider will be determined in light of this new material. A process of ongoing review is part of our normal practice in all cases. | "The final charges the panel will consider will be determined in light of this new material. A process of ongoing review is part of our normal practice in all cases. |
| "Ms Cafferkey and her representatives have cooperated fully throughout this process. Currently we are working towards scheduling the case for a panel to consider on 13 September." | "Ms Cafferkey and her representatives have cooperated fully throughout this process. Currently we are working towards scheduling the case for a panel to consider on 13 September." |