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NMC launches misconduct hearing for Ebola nurse
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is set to examine claims that Pauline Cafferkey who survived Ebola may have concealed her temperature from medics on her return from Africa.
Cafferkey was infected with the virus while at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone in 2014.
Reports have emerged that Cafferkey may have been dishonest when answering questions by medical staff when she returned to Heathrow airport.
If the claims are found to be truthful, the nurse may be struck off.
The NMC alleges that Ms Cafferkey ‘allowed an incorrect temperature to be recorded’ on 29 December 2014 and intended to conceal from PHE staff that she had a temperature higher than 38C.
However, Cafferkey argued: “Those facts, that have not yet been made public, will be considered by the panel as part of its review of all relevant information.
"I would very much hope that after the case has been considered by the panel the matter will be at an end."
The NMC will examine the allegations during a two-day hearing in Edinburgh.
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