Overview
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council imposed an immediate six‑month suspension on Lian Kenny, with a return to practice allowed on October 27, 2026.
- The Mersey Internal Audit Agency found she received £5,993.51 in sick pay from North West Care during a period when she was signed off.
- During August 2020 to October 2021, she worked shifts at Bridgewater Community Healthcare through an agency while on sick leave from her employing trust.
- A colleague’s report in September 2021 triggered the probe, and Mersey Care’s head of nursing, Maria Tyson, referred the case to the regulator in November 2021.
- She admitted the charge at an NMC hearing held in her absence, repaid the money, expressed remorse, and auditors advised against criminal charges because the sum was modest and repayable.