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| Misconduct hearing for Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey | Misconduct hearing for Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey |
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| A misconduct hearing is under way to examine claims that a Scots nurse who survived Ebola concealed her temperature from medics in the UK. | |
| Pauline Cafferkey, 40, was infected while working at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone, west Africa, 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) is examining the allegations during a two-day hearing in Edinburgh. | |
| The council has a range of sanctions it can impose against Ms Cafferkey, including to have her struck off as a practitioner if the allegation is upheld. | |
| It could also opt to issue her with a caution or dismiss the claims altogether if they are unproven. | |
| Ms Cafferkey has said she hopes the misconduct hearing will dismiss the claims. | |
| The two-day hearing was due to be held in public, but Ms Cafferkey's lawyer, Joyce Cullen, called for it to take place in private to protect her client. | |
| She said the hearing would examine "confidential matters" about Ms Cafferkey's health and her client had moved out of her home due to "intrusive" attention from the media. | |
| The NMC did not object to the hearing being held in private, as long as the agreed facts were released at its conclusion. | |
| Following an objection from assembled sections of the media, the NMC decided to hear the charges against Ms Cafferkey and an agreed statement of facts. | |
| It will decide later on whether the hearing should be held in private. | |
| Speaking last month, Ms Cafferkey said the "full facts" would be shared with the panel. | Speaking last month, Ms Cafferkey said the "full facts" would be shared with the panel. |
| "Those facts, that have not yet been made public, will be considered by the panel as part of its review of all relevant information," she said. | "Those facts, that have not yet been made public, will be considered by the panel as part of its review of all relevant information," she said. |
| "I would very much hope that after the case has been considered by the panel the matter will be at an end." | "I would very much hope that after the case has been considered by the panel the matter will be at an end." |
| The NMC alleges that Ms Cafferkey "allowed an incorrect temperature to be recorded" on 28 December 2014 and intended to conceal from Public Health England staff that she had a temperature higher than 38C. | |
| The nurse, from Halfway, Cambuslang, contracted the virus while working as part of a British team at the Kerry Town Ebola treatment centre in 2014. | The nurse, from Halfway, Cambuslang, contracted the virus while working as part of a British team at the Kerry Town Ebola treatment centre in 2014. |
| She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of 2015 after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK. | She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of 2015 after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK. |
| Ms Cafferkey was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery, and in March 2015 returned to work as a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire. | Ms Cafferkey was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery, and in March 2015 returned to work as a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire. |
| In October last year it was discovered that Ebola was still present in her body, with health officials later confirming she had been diagnosed with meningitis caused by the virus. | In October last year it was discovered that Ebola was still present in her body, with health officials later confirming she had been diagnosed with meningitis caused by the virus. |
| 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. |