NMC UK sacks and bans Zimbabwean nurse due to drink problems
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A Zimbabwean nurse with a string of drink driving offences has been sacked and banned from working in the UK as a nurse.
While employed as a staff nurse at St Luke’s Hospital Group Arnold Marikano was in November 2002 convicted at East Berkshire Magistrates Court of failing to provide a specimen of breath, driving while disqualified and using a vehicle while uninsured. He was disqualified from driving for three years and given 200 hours community punishment order.
In June 2009 Marikano was again convicted at Colchester Magistrates’ Court of driving a motor vehicle while drunk. He was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and disqualified from driving for five years.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council said :"Marikano has been convicted of very serious offences, which continued over a prolonged period of time. Mr Marikano’s offending demonstrates that he is reckless as to the risk to other members of the public of his alcohol-related offending. Such convictions and cautions demonstrate a substantial failure to uphold proper professional standards and very severely undermine the public’s confidence in the profession.
"The panel concluded that the nature and seriousness of Mr Marikano’s behaviour would undermine confidence in the NMC if a striking-off order were not to be made. It therefore decided that the only proportionate and appropriate sanction to protect the public and maintain and uphold confidence in the profession and the NMC as regulator is to strike the registrant off the Register."
In June 2009 Marikano was again convicted at Colchester Magistrates’ Court of driving a motor vehicle while drunk. He was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and disqualified from driving for five years.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council said :"Marikano has been convicted of very serious offences, which continued over a prolonged period of time. Mr Marikano’s offending demonstrates that he is reckless as to the risk to other members of the public of his alcohol-related offending. Such convictions and cautions demonstrate a substantial failure to uphold proper professional standards and very severely undermine the public’s confidence in the profession.
"The panel concluded that the nature and seriousness of Mr Marikano’s behaviour would undermine confidence in the NMC if a striking-off order were not to be made. It therefore decided that the only proportionate and appropriate sanction to protect the public and maintain and uphold confidence in the profession and the NMC as regulator is to strike the registrant off the Register."
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