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The most recent publicly published decisions of UK healthcare regulators, across all professions. Each entry links to the source determination on the regulator's site.
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Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Melraj Pal Singh Ghalay, a dentist, should be suspended from the register on an interim basis for 18 months. The Interim Orders Committee made the order on 25 August 2026 and said it would be reviewed in six months. An interim order is a temporary measure while a case is looked at. It is not a finding that the allegations are proved. The published hearing record does not set out the allegations or the Committee's reasons.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that conditions should be placed on the registration of dental nurse Samantha Jo Taylor for 15 months. The Interim Orders Committee made the order on 24 August 2026 and said it would be reviewed in six months. The conditions themselves are published on her entry in the GDC register, not in this hearing record. An interim order is a temporary measure while a case is looked at. It is not a finding that the allegations are proved.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Other(other outcome)
The GDC tribunal decided that no interim order should be imposed on dentist Andrew Charles Hawkesford's registration. At an Interim Orders Committee hearing on 24 August 2026, the committee considered whether to impose an interim order and decided that no order should be made. Andrew Charles Hawkesford's registration is therefore not subject to any interim suspension or conditions as a result of this hearing.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that registered nurse Lorna Fell gave a patient double the prescribed dose of Oramorph, did not record the error or tell the patient, asked a colleague not to report it and asked a doctor to change the prescription to match. The panel also found she made incorrect controlled drug records on two later shifts. It found her conduct dishonest on three counts, found her fitness to practise impaired, and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Other(other outcome)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on dentist Farzad Ebrahim Zadeh Saadat's registration should be varied and continued. At a review hearing on 21 August 2026, the Interim Orders Committee kept the conditions in place for the remainder of a 14 month interim order first imposed on 17 September 2025. That order is due to expire on 16 November 2026, and the GDC said it will ask the High Court to extend it. The conditions are listed on his GDC register entry.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Richard Adebowale Adepoju should be suspended from the register on an interim basis for six months. The Interim Orders Committee made the order on 20 August 2026 and said it would be reviewed in six months. An interim order is a temporary measure while a case is looked at. It is not a finding that the allegations are proved. The published hearing record does not set out the allegations or the Committee's reasons.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental hygienist
Appeal allowed(appeal succeeded)
Laila Abdulwahab Mohammed Al Rawhani
The GDC tribunal decided that the registration appeal brought by Laila Abdulwahab Mohammed Al Rawhani, a dental hygienist and dental nurse, was granted. On 20 August 2026 the Registration Appeals Committee allowed her appeal in relation to Matter C and remitted the case back to the Registrar in relation to Matter D. The published hearing record gives the outcome only. It does not set out the committee's reasons or explain what Matters C and D concerned.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that conditions should be placed on dentist Zain Sharaz's registration for 18 months. The Interim Orders Committee made the order on 20 August 2026 and said it would be reviewed in six months. The conditions themselves appear on his entry in the GDC register rather than in this hearing record. An interim order is a temporary measure while a case is looked at. It is not a finding that the allegations are proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Laura McGuire's fitness to practise is impaired. She admitted both charges against her. The committee imposed a suspension order of four months, without review, and made no interim order. The whole hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the charges and the committee's reasons are not in the public record. The case is recorded as a misconduct case.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that conditions should be placed on dentist Robert Richard Goddard's registration for 18 months. The Interim Orders Committee made the order on 19 August 2026 and said it would be reviewed in six months. The conditions themselves appear on his entry in the GDC register rather than in this hearing record. An interim order is a temporary measure while a case is looked at. It is not a finding that the allegations are proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that registered nurse Belinda Jayne Ellams made comments about Muslims to a colleague, brought weighted steel balls and sharpened scissors into a care home, and posted an offensive image on Facebook. The panel found her conduct was motivated by hostility towards Muslims and had the effect of violating her colleague’s dignity. It found her fitness to practise impaired, noted no evidence of insight, and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Other(other outcome)
The GDC tribunal decided that no interim order should be imposed on dental nurse Nazanin Yazdanian's registration. The Interim Orders Committee considered the case at a hearing on 18 August 2026 and recorded the outcome as 'No order imposed'. The registration is therefore not subject to any interim suspension or conditions as a result of this hearing. The published record is an outcome summary only and does not set out the committee's reasons or the concerns that led to the hearing.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace the interim suspension order on registered nurse Wendy Woodcock with an interim conditions of practice order. The conditions require her to work for a single substantive employer, agree a return to practice plan, work under indirect supervision and complete training in conflict resolution, communication, equality and workplace dignity. The allegations against her have not yet been decided. The order must be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Steven David Wenman, a registered nurse, sent suggestive messages to one colleague, made comments of a sexual nature to two others, and ignored a third colleague in conduct the panel found amounted to bullying. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct, noting very limited insight and minimal remediation, and imposed a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided to place an interim conditions of practice order on registered nurse Sherles Sorianosos for 18 months. The conditions limit her to one substantive employer, stop her being the sole registered nurse in charge of a shift or ward, and require supervision until her line manager signs off her competence in medication management, recognising deteriorating patients, record keeping, falls management and workload. Case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that registered nurse Julia Ann Nixon's fitness to practise remains impaired in two cases. Reviewing two 12-month suspension orders, the panel found she had not undertaken remediation, training or supervised practice and had not shown sufficient insight into failings in patient care and record-keeping. It replaced both suspension orders with striking-off orders, taking effect on 19 September and 27 November 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that an interim conditions of practice order should be placed on registered nurse Sonia Deol for 18 months. The conditions limit her to one substantive employer, require direct supervision whenever she administers or manages medication, and require fortnightly meetings with her line manager about medication management and record keeping. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. The order must be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to impose an interim suspension order on Christopher Ring, a registered adult nurse, for 18 months. The order stops him practising while the NMC's case continues. A panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee has still to deal with the allegations made against him, so no findings have been made. The order will be reviewed within six months and every six months after that.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found nursing associate Anthony Nethercott's fitness to practise impaired by his criminal convictions. Bristol Crown Court convicted him on 23 October 2025 of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause a child aged 13 to 15 to watch an image of sexual activity, and attempting to cause a female aged 13 or over to engage in penetrative sexual activity. The panel struck him off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Baber Khan's dental registration should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed his case and kept the conditions in place for the remainder of a High Court extension. The interim order was first imposed from 23 June 2023, and the High Court extended it in December 2024, December 2025 and again on 29 May 2026. The record says the order will be reviewed in 6 months, and that his registration is currently subject to sanctions under two separate cases.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that conditions should be placed on Peter Casasola's registration as a dentist. The Interim Orders Committee imposed the conditions on 14 August 2026 for a period of 18 months. The record says the order will be reviewed in 6 months, and that the conditions are listed on his GDC register entry. No charges or findings of fact have been published for this hearing.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sandeep Selvaraj, a registered adult nurse at Ulster Hospital, showed a lack of competence in medication administration, record keeping and wound care over about three years, and acted dishonestly on four occasions to conceal failures in patient care, including forging a colleague's signature. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and suspended him for 12 months, with a review before the order ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided to impose an interim conditions of practice order on Nicholas Azzopardi, a registered adult nurse, for 18 months. The conditions restrict him to one substantive employer, bar him from being the nurse in charge of a shift, and require supervision when he administers medication. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. The order must be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on registered nurse Festus Adewale Akapo for 18 months. The panel decided the conditions were necessary and proportionate. He must restrict his nursing practice to The Malvern Nursing Home, work only alongside another registered nurse, and must not be the nurse in charge of a shift. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. The order must be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Keira Burton, a registered nurse working at HMP Preston, was convicted in July 2024 of conspiring to smuggle prohibited articles into prison and of being concerned in the supply of cannabis and another Class B drug. She was jailed for 20 months. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and struck her off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sunilkumar Pulickal Sasi, a registered adult nurse, was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found charges 2a to 2f proved and charge 3 proved by admission; charge 1 was not proved. It imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register, and an 18-month interim suspension order. The whole hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the details of the charges are not in the public record.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that conditions should be placed on Martyna Beata Woznicka's registration as a dental nurse. The Interim Orders Committee imposed the conditions on 13 August 2026 for a period of 18 months. The record says the order will be reviewed in 6 months, and that the conditions are listed on her GDC register entry. No charges or findings of fact have been published for this hearing.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Baber Khan's dental registration should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed the case on 13 August 2026 and kept the conditions in place for the remainder of the High Court extension order. The order was first imposed from 22 September 2023 for 15 months, and the High Court extended it in December 2024, December 2025 and on 29 May 2026. The record says it will be reviewed in 6 months, and that his registration is subject to sanctions under two separate cases.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Melwinraj Manirajan, a registered nurse, put his finger or fingers inside a junior colleague's vagina without her consent on or around 14 April 2022, and did not stop when she said no and tried to remove his hand. The panel found the conduct was sexually motivated and amounted to serious sexual misconduct, and that his insight remained limited four years on. It found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an interim suspension order of 18 months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Francis Henry Moore's registration as a dentist should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed his case on 13 August 2026 and kept the conditions in place for the remainder of the 12 month order. The record says the order was first imposed on 24 September 2024 for 18 months, that the High Court extended it by 2 months on 12 March 2026 and by 12 months on 21 May 2026, and that it will be reviewed in 3 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Tawanda Lovejoy Chivima, a registered mental health nurse, did not declare four driving-related convictions from March 2020 when he revalidated online in September 2021. He admitted the charges. The panel decided his entry on the register was fraudulently procured and incorrectly made, and directed the Registrar to remove it. It made no interim order, finding no ongoing risk to the public.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Ashley Hayden Newson's fitness to practise is impaired. The committee accepted a consensual panel determination, with charges 1 and 2 found proved, and imposed a suspension order of 12 months with a review, together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The case is recorded as a health case. The whole meeting was held in private under Rule 19, so the charges and the committee's reasons are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that Ashley Hayden Newson, a registered adult nurse, was impaired by reason of health. The panel accepted a consensual panel determination and found charges 1, 2a, 2b(i), 2b(ii) and 2b(iii) proved. It imposed a suspension order for 12 months, with a review before it ends, and an 18-month interim suspension order. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the details are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that the interim conditions of practice order on adult nurse Roshanna Holder should be replaced with an interim suspension order. Miss Holder was not present and was not represented at the virtual hearing. A reviewing panel will consider the suspension order within the next six months, and she is entitled to ask for that review to be held at a hearing she can attend. A panel has still to deal with the allegations against her.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Kim Tracy Edmans's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction. In May 2025 she pleaded guilty to permitting premises she occupied to be used for supplying psilocybin, a Class A drug, in an operation run by her son. She received a suspended prison sentence. The panel said she had not engaged with its proceedings and had shown no insight, and it made a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Aswani Kumar Dreepaul's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction. In March 2025 he was convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, after exchanging messages with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. The panel said his insight was very limited and that his conduct was incompatible with remaining on the register. It made a striking-off order and imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that Emily Davies's interim conditions of practice order should be replaced with an interim suspension order. Miss Davies was not present and was not represented at the hearing. A panel will review the suspension order within the next six months, and she may ask for that review to be held at a hearing she can attend. A panel has still to deal with the allegations against her.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that Mohammed Bala's registration as a dentist should stay suspended. The Interim Orders Committee first imposed an interim order of conditions on 29 November 2023 for 18 months. The High Court extended the order in May 2025 and again on 20 May 2026, each time for 12 months. The committee continued the suspension for the remainder of the High Court extension order, and the record says it will be reviewed for 6 months. No findings on any allegations have been published.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that Oluwatimilehin David Sanusi's registration as a dentist should stay suspended. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed his case on 12 August 2026 and continued the suspension for the remainder of a 12 month High Court order. The interim order was first imposed on 10 March 2025 for 15 months, and the High Court extended it for a further 12 months on 28 May 2026. The record says the order will be reviewed in 3 months. No findings on any allegations have been published.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
Suzanne Jennifer Marion Rayner
The GDC tribunal decided that Suzanne Jennifer Marion Rayner's registration as a dentist should stay suspended. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed her case on 12 August 2026 and continued the suspension for the remainder of a 12 month High Court extension order. The interim order was first imposed on 28 February 2023 for 15 months, and the High Court has since extended it three times, most recently on 20 May 2026. The record says it will be reviewed in 6 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC found that Lisa Edwards, a registered nurse, made demeaning remarks to a bedbound care home resident about her smell, swore at a healthcare assistant colleague, and spoke dismissively to a second resident's relatives about funding for his care, including saying patients would eventually rot in their beds. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and imposed a suspension order for 12 months, with a review. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also made.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that João Miguel Rebola Costa's registration as a dentist should stay suspended. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed his case on 12 August 2026 and continued the suspension for the remainder of a 12 month High Court order. The interim order was first imposed on 16 December 2024 for 12 months, and the High Court extended it for a further 12 months on 4 December 2025. The record says the order will be reviewed in 6 months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental hygienist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Jennie Scott's registration as a dental hygienist should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed her case on 12 August 2026 and kept the conditions in place for the remainder of the order. The interim order was originally imposed from 2 March 2026 for 18 months. The record says the order will be reviewed in 6 months, and that the conditions are listed on her GDC register entry.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on George David Bell's registration as a dentist should be extended and varied for a further 18 months. The Health Committee reviewed his case at a hearing that ended on 12 August 2026. The conditions were originally imposed on 9 September 2022. The record says the varied conditions take effect after the appeal period, and that the order will be reviewed before it ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that an interim suspension order should be placed on adult nurse David Ronald Smith for 18 months. Mr Smith was not present and was not represented at the virtual hearing. A panel will review the order within the next six months and every six months after that. The NMC's case examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that Gabriela Robu's interim conditions of practice order should be replaced with an interim suspension order. The suspension runs for the remainder of the 18-month period and will be reviewed every six months. Ms Robu was not present and was not represented at the hearing. The NMC's case examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that an interim conditions of practice order should be placed on adult nurse Andrew Penfold for 18 months, as its investigation is at an early stage. He must work for one substantive employer, be directly supervised by a nurse of Band 6 or above until assessed as competent, and must not be the nurse in charge. The NMC's case examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
Sharon Doris Angel James White
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that an interim conditions of practice order should be placed on children's nurse Sharon Doris Angel James White for 18 months. The conditions require her to work for a single employer, to be supervised at all times by a nurse of Band 6 or above, and not to be the nurse in charge of a shift. The NMC's case examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Adam David Feary was convicted at Norwich Crown Court in August 2025 of three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child, possessing extreme pornographic images and possessing a paedophile manual. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of the convictions, that he showed limited insight, and struck him off the register.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Derek Lewis Levenstein's dental registration should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed his case on 11 August 2026 and kept the conditions in place for the remainder of a High Court extension. The interim order was first imposed on 9 December 2024 for 18 months, and the High Court extended it for a further 12 months on 2 June 2026. The record says the order will be reviewed in 6 months. The conditions are listed on his GDC register entry.