Nurse Pauline Cafferkey and her colleagues acted selflessly in their decision to go to Sierra Leone with Save the Children, in order to provide care and treatment to sufferers of Ebola. Pauline and her colleagues have allegedly been reported to the NMC by Public Health England in relation to health protocols and assessments and the way these were followed. This appears to be due to the fact that Pauline wore a visor to protect her face, rather than the goggles, that were prescribed at this particular centre. We believe that Pauline should be rewarded for going to Sierra Leone, and treating others, despite the obvious risk to herself, but instead she is now facing an investigation into her conduct, which could last up to 18 months. Pauline has already faced a very traumatic month being cared for in a high level isolation unit, and to put her through this seems wrong on so many levels. Furthermore, it has not even been decided whether she will be able to continue practising as a nurse whilst this is investigated. It would also appear that any investigation will still not show, with 100% certainty, how exactly she was infected. Investigation would seem to be a waste of NMC resources and funding, which is already highly stretched, resulting in a recent further increase in registration fees. Neither is it in the publics interest to suspend a nurse who shows such altruism. Justin Forsyth, chief exec of Save the Children describes Cafferkey as a "dedicated humanitarian who worked tirelessly and selflessly in the fight against Ebola". It wrong that she should be treated in this way now.