Colchester doctor admits working without required clinician status

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 20:31 · Archive

Dr Augustine Okolie admitted working as an Approved Clinician without the necessary status between 2018 and 2023.

Dr Augustine Okolie, a Colchester doctor, worked as an Approved Clinician without the required status between 2018 and 2023, a fitness to practise hearing at the Nursing and Midwifery Council established.

The NMC panel, which held hearings between 5 and 16 October, found proved that Dr Okolie admitted knowing he did not hold the necessary approval. He also admitted he failed to confirm his status when asked in an email on 2 March 2023. The panel is still considering whether he failed to respond to a similar request on 11 April 2024.

The committee is examining whether Dr Okolie misled a colleague during a meeting on 24 March 2023 by claiming he had been approved since 2017. It must also determine whether his actions were dishonest or intended to conceal his lack of status from colleagues, and whether his conduct demonstrated a lack of candour.

The NMC is assessing whether his conduct amounts to serious misconduct that impairs his fitness to practise. The hearing was adjourned on 16 October before a full decision could be made.

How it is being reported

• Colchester doctor admits working as approved clinician without required statusColchester doctor Dr Augustine Okolie admits working as an Approved Clinician without required approval, as an NMC fitness to practise hearing continues in Essex.Echo (Basildon) · 19 Oct, 17:00
• Colchester doctor admits working as approved clinician without required statusColchester doctor Dr Augustine Okolie admits working as an Approved Clinician without required approval, as an NMC fitness to practise hearing continues in Essex.Colchester Gazette · 19 Oct, 17:00

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