4 years ago a midwife was acquitted in the criminal court following a flawed trust investigation into medicine management.

She made a one off mistake during a period of high stress in her life which then evolved into a case being pursued between her regulator and the trust investigator. Most of the evidence was based on hearsay and circumstantial evidence. 

She appealed not once but twice against subsequent decisions by the NMC - once against her strike off and again against the sanction that followed this successful appeal.

In the second hearing the midwife was able to provide information gained at a Freedom of Information request that showed the medicine management issues were still occurring since this midwife was dismissed - throwing question over the validity of the investigation at trust level. This information was not given weight and dismissed as not relevant. 

Today she finally has had the remaining sanction revoked and can begin to rebuild her life and pursue her career if she so wishes.

The case has brought up many questions around evidence gathering, reliance on hearsay, dismissal of contextual evidence and alternative explanations as well as poor representational advice from union legal support.

Time will tell if lessons have been learnt but for now this registrant can now start to heal herself and her family for the damage caused.