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| Mid Essex Hospitals nurse Ide Warren suspended | Mid Essex Hospitals nurse Ide Warren suspended |
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| A nurse has been suspended for 18 months by an expert panel which feared a "real risk of significant harm" to the public if she continued to work. | A nurse has been suspended for 18 months by an expert panel which feared a "real risk of significant harm" to the public if she continued to work. |
| Ide Warren worked for Mid Essex Hospital Trust as a registered nurse looking after adult patients. | Ide Warren worked for Mid Essex Hospital Trust as a registered nurse looking after adult patients. |
| But in June last year concerns were voiced about her performance and a formal "capability" inquiry started. | But in June last year concerns were voiced about her performance and a formal "capability" inquiry started. |
| The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has made an 18-month interim suspension order while it investigates the case. | The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has made an 18-month interim suspension order while it investigates the case. |
| An NMC panel, chaired by Carol Bailey, heard concerns about her nursing performance were "very wide-ranging". | |
| 'Protection of public' | 'Protection of public' |
| They included a "failure" to follow trust standards in administering drugs, "failures in relation to catheter care and irrigation", "failing to admit a patient on to a ward" and "poor and inaccurate nursing documentation". | They included a "failure" to follow trust standards in administering drugs, "failures in relation to catheter care and irrigation", "failing to admit a patient on to a ward" and "poor and inaccurate nursing documentation". |
| In making the interim order, the NMC panel said the 18-month suspension was "necessary for the protection of the public to prevent the real risk of significant harm to the health, safety and wellbeing of the public. | In making the interim order, the NMC panel said the 18-month suspension was "necessary for the protection of the public to prevent the real risk of significant harm to the health, safety and wellbeing of the public. |
| "The panel considers that Ms Warren's failings are very serious and relate to a long list of wide-ranging clinical concerns over a sustained period of time." | |
| Ms Warren was not present at the hearing in London. | Ms Warren was not present at the hearing in London. |