Mr Thamsanqa Ndiweni – Registered nurse – Unsatisfactory professional conduct and reprimand

27 April 2022

The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a complaint against registered nurse, Mr Thamsanqa Ndiweni, before a Nursing and Midwifery Professional Standards Committee (the Committee).  It was alleged that in December 2019, while working at the SummitCare Aged Care Facility at Wallsend as an agency nurse, Mr Ndiweni:

• Exercised poor skill and judgement by inappropriately changing Patient A’s in-dwelling catheter (‘IDC’) causing bleeding and urethral damage.
• Exercised poor skill and judgement by inappropriately attempting to insert a new IDC to Patient A.
• Failed to respond to the Patient’s A bleeding in a timely manner.
• Failed to provide an adequate clinical handover to NSW Ambulance staff.
• Failed to adequately document Patient A’s care, treatment and management of the incident.
• Inappropriately agreed to work at the aged care facility.

On 29 March 2022 the Committee found the complaint proven and found Mr Thamsanqa Ndiweni guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct. The Committee imposed a reprimand and placed conditions on Mr Ndiweni’s registration to restrict the way he practises when not working in a mental health setting.

The full PSC decision is attached.

Further Information

For further information, contact the Executive Officer of the Health Care Complaints Commission, on 9219 7444 or send an email to media@hccc.nsw.gov.au.

The information in this media release is correct at the time of publication. Orders may change; for example, conditions may no longer apply. For current information regarding the status of a registered health practitioner, including any conditions that currently apply, please check the National Register at www.ahpra.gov.au.