Practice experience suspension/exclusion

The Chair/Deputy Chair of Fitness to Practise Committee or Chief Nurse, Head of Midwifery, or nominated deputy have the authority to suspend a student from practice without notice in any case in which they consider it appropriate to do so (e.g. as a result of a concern about health, conduct or character). The Fitness to Practise Committee will proceed with the relevant course of action to investigate the circumstances of the suspension according to the Fitness to Practise Policy.

The Suspension and/or Exclusion from practice procedure can be found in the Fitness to Practise policy.