The number of nurses and midwives being suspended from work has more than doubled within a year.
Analysis by The Epoch Times shows that between March 2022 and March 2023, over 660 nursing staff in the UK were handed suspension orders over fitness to practice concerns—a jump from 311 the previous year.
The figures, recorded by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), also include health staff struck off the NMC register for serious misconduct.
Some of the cases include inappropriate relationships with patients, theft, dishonesty, and sexual offences.
Last month a Filipino nurse was struck off after it was proved she attacked an elderly patient she was caring for in a Liverpool care home….