Nursing & Midwifery Council v Joseph

1 I am asked to make an extension on the application of the Nursing & Midwifery Council under Art.31(8) of the Nursing & Midwifery Order 2001 of an interim suspension order imposed on the defendant on 16 th May 2016. The claimant is represented this morning; the defendant is not. 2 I received yesterday a form of consent order agreeing to the extension sought, signed by a representative of the Royal College of Nursing whom, I am told by the claimant's counsel, acts for the respondent. In any event, I am satisfied on the evidence I have read that it is necessary for the protection of members of the public - or otherwise in the public interest - to continue the interim suspension order and to do so for a further four months as the claimant has proposed. 3 I therefore order that, pursuant to Art.31(8) of the Nursing & Midwifery Order, the interim suspension order imposed on 16 th May 2016 by the Investigating Committee of the Nursing & Midwifery Council pursuant to Art.31(2) of the Order in connection with the defendant Daphne Joseph be extended by a period of four months from the current expiry date, and that is thus an extension until 4.00 p.m. on 14 th March 2018. 4 I further order that the respondent has permission on giving three days' written notice to the applicant to apply to the court to vary or discharge this order and that there be no order as to costs. MISS HALL: I have placed before you an order that requires a signature at the bottom. THE DEPUTY JUDGE: I will sign that. (Pause).