Pauline Cafferkey is facing disciplinary action over allegations she deliberately concealed her temperature during an Ebola screening on her return to the UK.

The nurse, who contracted the virus while working in Sierra Leone in 2014, is alleged to have given dishonest answers to medical staff during a screening at Heathrow.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council, which has been investigating Ms Cafferkey's conduct, alleges she "allowed an incorrect temperature to be recorded" on December 29, 2014.

It claims she "intended to conceal from Public Health England staff that you had a temperature higher than 38C".

Ms Cafferkey, originally from Fife, travelled to the west African country at the height of the Ebola crisis in 2014.

She returned to London and then travelled on to Scotland before being diagnosed.

She was initially treated at Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow before being transferred to an isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital, where she was treated for a month.

After initially making a recovery, she was readmitted to hospital twice after suffering complications linked to the disease, and at one stage fell critically ill.

In November of last year, it was reported she made a full recovery and was transferred to a Glasgow hospital before returning home to South Lanarkshire.

In February last year it emerged that the regulatory body the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) was investigating Ms Cafferkey's conduct after being passed information by Public Health England (PHE).

The NMC, which has the power to strike workers off the professional register, now alleges that she did not tell Public Health England screening staff who took her temperature at the airport that she had recently taken paracetamol and she left the area without reporting her true temperature.

A hearing on Ms Cafferkey's fitness to practise will take place in Edinburgh next month.

An NMC spokesperson said they were working closely with Ms Cafferkey and her representatives to reach an outcome that was "fair and meets the public interest".

They added: "Since the NMC's case examiners considered the allegations and drafted charges, we have received further evidence.

"The final charges the panel will consider will be determined in light of this new material. A process of ongoing review is part of our normal practice in all cases.

"Ms Cafferkey and her representatives have cooperated fully throughout this process. Currently we are working towards scheduling the case for a panel to consider on 13th September."