UK Ebola nurse under investigation after claims of misconduct

Source: The Guardian

Kevin Rawlinson

A British nurse who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus after returning from Sierra Leone is being investigated over claims of misconduct, the body that oversees nursing within the UK has confirmed.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said that it had received information from Public Health England about the conduct of Pauline Cafferkey that it would look into, along with two other nurses.

Cafferkey was diagnosed with the virus in December after returning from west Africa, where she had been volunteering as a health worker. She was treated at the Unit for Infectious Diseases on the Gartnavel hospital campus, Glasgow, before being transferred to specialist facilities at the Royal Free hospital in London.

The claims reportedly centre on concerns that Cafferkey was known to be feeling unwell when she returned to Britain, but that her symptoms were obscured. The NMC refused to confirm those reports.

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Pauline Cafferkey at the Royal Free Hospital in London. She now faces a hearing following information passed on by Public Health England. Photograph: Lisa Ferguson/Scotland on Sunday/PA

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