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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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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Sarah Tawiah

    The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on Sarah Tawiah, a registered adult nurse from Newport, on 13 March 2026. The conditions require her to work for a single non-agency employer and to be directly supervised by a Band 5 or above registered nurse in patient-facing roles until she demonstrates competency in medication administration, patient history taking, discharge processes, and record-keeping. The order lasts 18 months, and the case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Marcia Osaige

    The NMC's Investigating Committee replaced an existing interim suspension order against Marcia Osaige, a registered adult nurse from Lewisham, with an interim conditions of practice order on 13 March 2026. The conditions limit her to one substantive non-agency employer, prevent her from being the sole or charge nurse on a shift, and require indirect supervision by another registered nurse and fortnightly supervisory meetings on patient interaction and infection control. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Suspended from practice

    Christine Murphy

    The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Christine Murphy. It imposed or extended a 6-month suspension. The public outcome summary states: At a review hearing on 13 March 2026 the Professional Conduct Committee extended the suspension on Ms Murphy's registration for a further 6 months. This will be reviewed before the end of the order. Ms Murphy has been suspended since 22 August 2024. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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  • HCPCOperating Department Practitioner

    Formally warned

    Justin Manning

    The HCPTS panel decided that Justin Manning should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel issued a caution or warning. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    ARUN MATHEW

    The HCPTS panel decided that ARUN MATHEW should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued an interim suspension. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Uchenna Anthony Nwafor

    The HCPTS panel decided that Uchenna Anthony Nwafor should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 18 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCParamedic

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Andrew Oxborrow

    The HCPTS panel decided that Andrew Oxborrow should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued an interim suspension. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCParamedic

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Iain Thomson

    The HCPTS panel decided that Iain Thomson should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued an interim suspension. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Suspended from practice

    Patience Kandenga

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Patience Kandenga, while caring for a vulnerable child at home in March 2021, made inaccurate records, failed to follow the care plan, used her phone and slept on a waking shift, and acted dishonestly about the records she created. The panel decided her fitness to practise is currently impaired and imposed a 9-month suspension order with a review, plus an 18-month interim suspension order.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Ifeoma Ezuma

    The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order on Ifeoma Ezuma, a registered adult nurse from Somerset, on 12 March 2026. The order suspends her registration for 18 months and will be reviewed every six months. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against her, and the substantive fitness-to-practise process has not begun.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Bismi Kuruvila Baby

    The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on Bismi Kuruvila Baby, a registered adult nurse from Norfolk, on 12 March 2026. The conditions restrict her to one non-agency employer with a preceptorship programme and require direct supervision during medication administration until she is assessed as competent. The order lasts 18 months and will be reviewed every six months. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Elijah Umoh

    The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on Elijah Umoh, a registered mental health nurse from Weston-Super-Mare, on 12 March 2026. The conditions limit him to one substantive non-agency employer and require direct supervision in medication management, record keeping, and shift management until he is assessed as competent. The order lasts 18 months and will be reviewed every six months. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Gharshasb Deljavan Ghodrati

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Gharshasb Deljavan Ghodrati. The committee imposed interim conditions under a 15-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

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  • HCPCPractitioner Psychologist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Samuel Terkura Njor

    The HCPTS panel decided that Samuel Terkura Njor should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCBiomedical Scientist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Amjad El Sayed Omar

    The HCPTS panel decided that Amjad El Sayed Omar should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued an interim suspension. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Kyle Blackburn

    The HCPTS panel decided that Kyle Blackburn should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 18 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    No impairment found

    Sachin Manoraj

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Sachin Manoraj's fitness to practise is no longer impaired and revoked his suspension. He had been suspended for 12 months in March 2025 for dishonestly concealing driving convictions from Imperial College London and the GMC. The Chair, deciding on the papers with the agreement of both sides, accepted that he had completed extensive CPD on probity and ethics and developed full insight, and that his unpaid work order had been completed.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Formally warned

    Ufunwen Osayi

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ufunwen Osayi's fitness to practise is not currently impaired, but issued him a warning. Dr Osayi, a Consultant Histopathologist at Basildon Hospital, admitted serious failings in three coronial post-mortem examinations carried out in 2023, including not following professional guidelines, insufficient sampling, and giving incorrect causes of death. The tribunal accepted he had developed insight, undertaken extensive remediation and changed his practice, but a warning was needed to mark the seriousness of the past errors.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Blessing Nneka Nwosu

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Blessing Nneka Nwosu had committed serious misconduct on the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Leeds General Infirmary in 2022, including medication errors, failures to monitor critically ill patients, and dishonestly falsifying observation records. It also found that she dishonestly worked at a care home in 2023 in breach of an interim conditions of practice order. The panel ordered that she be struck off the register and imposed an interim suspension order of 18 months.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Suspended from practice

    Andrew Paul Henson

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Henson, an adult nurse, made sexually motivated comments and engaged in harassing conduct towards two female colleagues, including locking an office door and trying to kiss one colleague after suggesting she meet him about training. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and imposed a six-month suspension order. No interim order was imposed because the panel concluded the risk of repetition was low.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Mohammad Abu Awwad

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be imposed on registered nurse Mohammad Abu Awwad for 18 months while the NMC continues its investigation. The case has been referred to the Investigating Committee to consider whether his entry on the NMC register was incorrectly made or fraudulently procured. The interim order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter, and may be revoked, confirmed, or replaced with interim conditions of practice.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Bethanie Alice Marie Ireland

    The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order on Bethanie Alice Marie Ireland, a registered nursing associate from Hull, on 11 March 2026. The order suspends her registration for 18 months and will be reviewed every six months. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against her, and the substantive fitness-to-practise process has not begun.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Lloyd James Redmond

    The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order on Lloyd James Redmond, a registered adult nurse from London, on 11 March 2026. The order suspends his registration for 18 months and will be reviewed every six months. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against him, and the substantive fitness-to-practise process has not begun.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Cheryl Bull

    The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on Cheryl Bull, a registered adult nurse from Yorkshire, on 11 March 2026. The conditions limit her to one substantive non-agency employer, prevent her from being the sole or charge nurse on a shift, require supervision by another registered nurse on the same shift, and include fortnightly meetings with a line manager covering health, workload management, and support, with further conditions held in private. The order lasts 18 months and the case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Christiane Wassmuth

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Christiane Wassmuth. The committee continued the interim conditions under a 15-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Jian Li

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Jian Li. The committee continued the interim suspension under an 18-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Nikolay Spason Deyanov

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Nikolay Spason Deyanov. The committee replaced interim conditions with an interim suspension under an 18-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Sebastien Louis Lomas

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Sebastien Louis Lomas. The committee imposed interim conditions under a 15-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental hygienist

    Practising with restrictions

    Success Osagie

    The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Success Osagie. It imposed, extended or varied conditions for 12 months. The public outcome summary states: At a review hearing on 11 March 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee extended the conditions on Ms Osagie's registration, originally imposed on 27 July 2022, for a further 12 months. This will be reviewed before the end of the order. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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  • HCPCParamedic

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Francis Cairney

    The HCPTS panel decided that Francis Cairney should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued an interim suspension. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCRadiographer

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Jessica Towle-Cooper

    The HCPTS panel decided that Jessica Towle-Cooper should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCParamedic

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Amy Dolphin

    The HCPTS panel decided that Amy Dolphin should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 12 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCParamedic

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Shane Mckee

    The HCPTS panel decided that Shane Mckee should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued an interim suspension. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCRadiographer

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Wala Shukri Mansoor Ali

    The HCPTS panel decided that Wala Shukri Mansoor Ali should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCRadiographer

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Deus Mugume

    The HCPTS panel decided that Deus Mugume should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 18 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCParamedic

    Interim restrictions imposed

    John Cooper

    The HCPTS panel decided that John Cooper should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 18 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Struck off the register

    Baraa Almasri

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Baraa Almasri's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. It found that, between January 2019 and December 2020, he exchanged WhatsApp messages with a man later sentenced to life imprisonment for grievous bodily harm offences, and that his messages were capable of encouraging or assisting those offences. The tribunal also found that he knew the activities were illegal, failed to inform any authority, and refused to give the police access to his devices. It directed that his name be erased from the medical register.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Voluntary removal from the register

    Nazreen Bibi

    The NMC found that registered mental-health nurse Nazreen Bibi could be removed from the register by agreement under Rule 14, after she applied to leave the register while a fitness-to-practise concern about her work in an autism assessment team was being considered. No allegation against her was substantively proved by an NMC committee. The Assistant Registrar decided the allegations were unlikely to lead to a striking-off order and that agreed removal served the public interest.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Other outcome

    Aime Margaret Johnston

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered mental-health nurse Aime Margaret Johnston's existing 12-month suspension order should be allowed to lapse upon its expiry on 10 March 2026, while the finding of impairment remains. The panel accepted she is now working in hospitality with no plans to return to nursing, and decided a striking-off order would be disproportionate. If she ever applied to return to the register, the Registrar would have regard to the continuing finding of impairment.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Onyali Christabel Nkechi

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be imposed on registered mental-health nurse Onyali Christabel Nkechi for a period of 18 months while the NMC continues its investigation. The Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer on the underlying allegations. The interim order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter, and may be revoked, confirmed, or replaced with interim conditions of practice.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Clair Medhurst

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim conditions of practice order should be imposed on registered midwife Clair Medhurst for 18 months while the NMC continues its investigation. The Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. The conditions restrict her midwifery practice, including not acting as a primary midwife in labour or birth, working only under direct supervision as a second birth attendant, and meeting monthly with a Professional Midwifery Advocate. The order will be reviewed within six months.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Yousif - Elsiddique Hafiz Altigani

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Yousif - Elsiddique Hafiz Altigani. The committee imposed interim conditions under a 15-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Peter Richard Walker

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Peter Richard Walker. The committee imposed interim conditions under a 14-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

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  • HCPCDietitian

    Struck off the register

    Ifeyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso

    The HCPTS panel decided that Ifeyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCBiomedical Scientist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Mr Saqab Yousaf

    The HCPTS panel decided that Mr Saqab Yousaf should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 18 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCRadiographer

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Rumana Rangoonwala

    The HCPTS panel decided that Rumana Rangoonwala should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice for 18 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • HCPCClinical Scientist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Jonathan W A Taylor

    The HCPTS panel decided that Jonathan W A Taylor should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Suspended from practice

    Malik Spencer

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Malik Spencer's fitness to practise was impaired in a Health case heard entirely in private. The panel imposed a suspension order for 12 months with a review hearing at the end of that period, and an interim suspension order of 18 months to cover any appeal. The substantive details of the charges were not made public because the hearing was held under Rule 19.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Formally warned

    Chi Leong

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Chi Leong's conduct toward a hospital colleague, Ms A, between October 2022 and April 2023 included persistent unwanted messages after she asked him to stop, and accessing her medical records without permission or legitimate reason. The tribunal decided this amounted to misconduct, but found his fitness to practise was not currently impaired because of his full insight, remorse and remediation. It issued him a formal warning, which will be published on the medical register, and placed no restriction on his registration.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Rachelle Louise Swan

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be imposed on registered nurse Rachelle Louise Swan for a period of 18 months while the NMC continues its investigation. The Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer on the underlying allegations. The interim order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter, and may be revoked, confirmed, or replaced with interim conditions of practice.

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