Pauline Cafferkey has been cleared of professional misconduct by an independent panel following an investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) into whether she concealed a dangerously high temperature on returning to the UK from Sierra Leone. Public Health England were unprepared for the volume of people returning from areas affected by Ebola. No doubt lessons have been learned.”She added that Cafferkey would “never have knowingly put anyone in danger … The NMC disciplinary process has been very upsetting and stressful for Pauline. The hearing was told that a member of that group, referred to as Doctor 1, took Cafferkey’s temperature twice and found it to be 38.2C, then 38.3C. Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, responded on Twitter to the news that Cafferkey had been cleared:— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) Sending my very best wishes to Pauline Cafferkey.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2016 12:58 UTC