The Nursing profession, along with a number of others, must uphold veryhigh standards of conduct in both their professional and private life. Regulatory and disciplinary bodies for specific professions (like the nursing profession) are automatically notified of any criminal prosecutions, convictions or cautions. This policy exists in the interests of protecting the vulnerable and the young with whom nurses have close contact. Arrests, convictions or cautions for offences of a sexual, violent or dishonest nature are likely to lead to concerns regarding fitness to practice, for obvious reasons.
Other types of offences, like drink driving, may leave the disciplinary body with greater discretion. Such cases will be decided on it's individual merits, based on the evidence produced in relation to both the facts of the offence and the personal mitigation of the individual.
We have a team that specialises in representing professionals before their various regulatory and disciplinary tribunals. We have experience of representing nurses and and midwives who appear before The Nursing and Midwifery Council, amongst others as well as experience of appealing decisions of such tribunals up through the higher courts.
Your sister is entitled to legal representation at her disciplinary hearing as well as in court. Preparation for such disciplinary hearings is vital. It is essential that she produces evidence addressing the relevant issues to give herself the best possible prospect of a favourable outome.
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