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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 order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months on Liam Walsh, a registered adult nurse. This is an interim measure taken while the case is ongoing; it is not a finding against him. The NMC's Case Examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations, and no findings of fact have been made.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee reviewed an existing interim conditions of practice order against registered nurse Anthony Obinna Onunkwo and decided to replace it with an interim suspension order. The panel, which met on 20 July 2026 for a virtual hearing that Mr Onunkwo did not attend, said the interim order must be reviewed within six months and every six months after that. Interim orders are precautionary and do not represent a final finding on his fitness to practise.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Appeal dismissed
Waad Gamal Mohamed Moursi Hassan
The GDC's Registration Appeals Committee dismissed Waad Gamal Mohamed Moursi Hassan's appeal against the Registrar's decision to refuse her registration as a dentist. The committee reached its decision on 20 July 2026, following a hearing held the same day. The refusal therefore stands and she is not on the GDC's dental register. The GDC has not published a full written determination for this appeal, so the committee's detailed reasons are not on the public record.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Beyonce Shianne Lazarus should be suspended on an interim basis. On 20 July 2026, the Interim Orders Committee imposed an interim suspension on her registration for a period of 18 months. The committee directed that the order would be reviewed within six months. An interim suspension is a temporary, precautionary measure and does not represent a final decision about her fitness to practise.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided, at an interim order review, to replace Alexander Douglas Francis's interim suspension order with an interim conditions of practice order. The children's nurse may continue working under supervision and other restrictions, including on medication administration. The conditions are an interim measure; the panel has yet to deal with the substantive allegations against him, which remain undetermined.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim conditions of practice order on Ifeoma Callista Ibe, an adult nurse, restricting how she may work while the case is investigated. The conditions require her to work for one employer, be supervised, and be assessed as competent in areas such as clinical observations, medication management and record keeping. The NMC's case examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on Robert Price, a nursing associate who is also a registered adult nurse, preventing him from practising while the case is investigated. Mr Price was not present or represented at the hearing. The NMC's case examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations against him.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on Marlon Scott West, a mental health nurse, preventing him from practising while the case is investigated. Mr West was not present or represented at the hearing. The NMC's case examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations against him.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Jade Robertson (Gregory), a registered adult nurse, had a number of charges proved relating to lack of competence and health. The committee determined that her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension order, together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Diana Linda Griffiths, a registered adult nurse, failed to escalate two patients' abnormal blood-sugar results, did not follow her practice's protocol, failed to communicate cancelled appointments to patients, and kept inadequate records. Allegations of dishonesty were not proved. The committee decided her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a six-month conditions of practice order, with an 18-month interim conditions order pending appeal.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental therapist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on the registration of dental professional Alisha Mohbeen Hussain should continue for the remainder of a 12-month interim order. At a review hearing on 17 July 2026, the Interim Orders Committee maintained the conditions first imposed on 20 August 2025. The interim order is due to expire on 19 August 2026, and the GDC has said it will apply to the High Court to extend it.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Julie Harland, a registered nurse, failed to ensure the safety and welfare of residents while she was deputy manager and clinical lead at a care home in 2018, including failures over staffing, cleanliness, personal and clinical care, and escalating concerns. She admitted all the charges. The panel decided her fitness to practise was impaired on public interest grounds only, finding no current risk to the public, and imposed a caution order for two years.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee imposed conditions on the registration of dentist Jonathan Paul Francis for a period of 18 months at a hearing on 17 July 2026. The committee decided the conditions will be reviewed in six months. The conditions are listed on his entry in the GDC register. The published outcome summary does not set out any allegations or findings.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the interim suspension on dental nurse Chloe Marie Leary's registration should continue for the remainder of an 18-month order. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed the order at a hearing on 17 July 2026. The committee had also continued the suspension at an earlier review on 4 February 2026. The published record states that the order will be reviewed again in six months.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
Paramedic Gavin Boa was ordered struck off after convictions for sexual offences towards a colleague. The panel found that his conduct caused harm and that limited insight and a lack of demonstrated remediation left a high risk of repetition. It found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a separate interim suspension to cover the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
Paramedic Benjamin Southam was ordered struck off following a conviction for voyeurism after recording a woman in a swimming-pool changing cubicle. The panel found no evidence of insight or remediation and a high risk of repetition. It concluded that his fitness to practise was impaired and that a lesser sanction would not adequately protect the public or maintain professional confidence.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
Warning(formally warned)
Operating department practitioner Alexandra Hudson received a one-year caution following motoring convictions and an 18-month delay in reporting them to the HCPC. The panel accepted that the delay was not dishonest, and found genuine insight, remorse and a low risk of repetition. It found impairment on public-interest grounds alone, with no current public-protection concerns.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC's Assistant Registrar accepted Judith Anne Cooper's application for agreed removal from the register while concerns about an alcohol-related driving conviction and an alleged workplace incident were unresolved. The decision states that she acknowledged the conviction, denied attending work under the influence, and that no allegation had been substantively proved by an NMC committee.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 16 July 2026 to continue the interim suspension on the registration of dental nurse Amanda Jane Cosway for the remainder of a High Court extension. The order was first imposed in November 2023 for 14 months and was extended by the High Court for 12 months in December 2024 and again in December 2025. It will 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 mental health nurse Raphael Adedotun Oguntuga for 18 months at a hearing on 16 July 2026. The conditions limit his practice to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and require regular supervision. The panel said the investigation was at an early stage, and the NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order of 18 months on Adrian Juma Douglas, an adult nurse, at a hearing on 16 July 2026. The order will be reviewed at a meeting within six months and every six months thereafter. The published decision does not set out the allegations against him, and no findings of fact have been made.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order of 18 months on Satheesh Madhav, an adult nurse from Worthing, at a hearing on 16 July 2026. The order will be reviewed at a meeting within six months and every six months thereafter. The published decision does not set out the allegations against him, and no findings of fact have been made.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Helen Bagley dishonestly completed a clinical reference for another nurse, stating she had been their Matron when she knew she had not. Under a consensual panel determination accepted on 16 July 2026, the panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension in case of appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Adam Culverwell's fitness to practise was impaired after he was convicted at Bournemouth Crown Court of sexual activity offences against a vulnerable patient in his care, for which he was sentenced to seven years in prison. On 16 July 2026 the panel imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension in case of appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Dawn Alison Ellerby, a mental health nurse, showed a lack of competence in fundamental nursing tasks and committed misconduct, including repeated dishonesty on three occasions, disregarding restrictions on handling medication, and intimidating colleagues, between 2018 and 2022. The Fitness to Practise Committee found her fitness to practise impaired and, noting a previous dishonesty finding and limited insight, imposed a striking-off order removing her from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Lance Jukes, an adult nurse, sent and received explicit messages about the sexual and racial abuse of children, babies and a disabled person and shared indecent images of children between 2017 and 2022, and later dishonestly concealed a police caution for harassment from the regulator. Through a consensual panel determination, the Fitness to Practise Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and caution and imposed a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim conditions of practice order on Sarah Joy Adwoa Jones, a registered nurse and midwife, restricting her midwifery practice while the case is investigated. The conditions require her to work for a single employer, not to work as an independent or community midwife, and to be supervised, among other requirements. The NMC's case examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on the registration of dental nurse Katy Ann Gwilt should continue for the remainder of an 18-month interim order. At a hearing on 16 July 2026, the Interim Orders Committee maintained the conditions first imposed on 14 August 2025. The committee said the interim order will be reviewed again in six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 16 July 2026 to continue the interim suspension on the registration of dental nurse Chamelle Leana Reama Hall. The order was first imposed on 1 May 2025 for 12 months, and on 24 April 2026 the High Court extended it for a further nine months. The suspension continues for the remainder of that order and will be reviewed in three months. The published record does not set out the allegations.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tracy Anne Penny, a registered midwife, failed to meet the standards of knowledge, skill and judgement expected of a band 5 midwife across many areas, including cardiotocography interpretation, escalation, medication safety and record keeping, despite extensive support. The panel also found she did not carry out blood glucose monitoring on a newborn baby but recorded that she had, which it found dishonest. It decided her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Suspension(suspended from practice)
At his July 2026 hearing, paramedic Mohammed Qasim Hussain received a two-month suspension from 13 August for a dishonest mentorship portfolio. The panel accepted significant insight and remediation and found no current personal impairment, but imposed suspension to uphold public confidence. It refused an interim order. This decision preceded the separate September review of his suspension.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The panel suspended paramedic David Lacy for 12 months after finding inappropriate sexual comments and non-consensual touching of a junior colleague. Sexual motivation was not proved for two other comments. The panel accepted his remorse and developing insight, but found his remediation insufficient. It considered striking off disproportionate and barred an application for early review during the first ten months. An existing interim suspension concerned a separate matter.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The panel ordered paramedic Nathan Lees to be struck off after finding serious clinical and communication failures while working in Gibraltar. Several allegations were dismissed or not proved. Although the panel recognised limited insight and reported improvements, it found insufficient evidence that serious clinical failings had been remedied and considered the repetition risk high. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period before the striking-off order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Other(other outcome)
The NMC's Investigating Committee varied Natasha Holbrook's existing interim conditions of practice order. The conditions restrict her employer, require supervision for specified clinical tasks until competency is assessed, and set meeting, reporting and disclosure requirements. The NMC's Case Examiners had not yet decided whether there was a case to answer.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee imposed an interim suspension on dentist Winifred Jansen Van Rensburg for a period of 18 months at a hearing on 15 July 2026. The committee decided the suspension will be reviewed in six months. The published outcome summary does not set out any allegations or findings.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Parisha Valjee's interim suspension would continue. At a review hearing on 15 July 2026, the Dental Professionals Hearings Service Interim Orders Committee continued the interim suspension of her registration for the remainder of a 15-month order. The interim suspension replaced earlier conditions and has been in force since December 2025. The Committee said the order will be reviewed again within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order of 18 months on Thomas Jack Foster, a nursing associate from Merseyside, at a hearing on 15 July 2026. The order will be reviewed within six months. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations against him, and no findings of fact have been made.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
Charles Peter Daniel Pettigrew Lister
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to continue the interim conditions on the registration of dentist Charles Peter Daniel Pettigrew Lister for the remainder of the 18-month order, which was originally imposed in March 2024. The conditions are listed on his register entry. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to replace the interim conditions of practice order on Rejeena Davidson, an adult nurse from Manchester, with an interim suspension order. The order will be reviewed at a meeting within six months and every six months thereafter. The published decision does not set out the allegations, and no findings of fact have been made.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed an application from Hannah Margaret Horsburgh, an adult nurse from Cumbria, to be removed from its register. It was alleged that in 2023 she did not adequately monitor a patient's blood sugar levels, recorded false information to conceal a lack of monitoring, and failed to administer IV fluids properly. She accepted the concerns and that her fitness to practise was impaired. No allegation was found proved by a statutory committee.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that John Omoroje, a mental health nurse from Nottingham, dishonestly recorded observations of a vulnerable patient that he had not carried out, missed required observations of another patient, and left a box of diazepam unattended. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and imposed a caution order for three years, noting over three years of safe practice since the events.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed an application from Wilson Kaungwa, a mental health nurse from Dorset, to be removed from its register. Concerns raised in 2024 included poor record-keeping, sleeping on duty, and dishonestly working three shifts for one organisation while on paid sick leave from another, which he accepted and said he deeply regretted. No allegation was found proved by a statutory committee. The Assistant Registrar decided the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on Catherine Downie, a registered midwife, preventing her from practising while the case is investigated. Ms Downie was present and represented at the hearing. The NMC's case examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations against her.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to continue the interim suspension of dentist Munawar Hussain's registration for the remainder of the existing 18-month order. That interim order was originally imposed on 27 February 2025. The committee said the order would be reviewed again within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to continue the interim suspension of dentist Sotirios Sotiropoulos's registration for the remainder of the existing 15-month order. That interim order was originally imposed on 10 February 2026. The committee said the order would be reviewed again within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to continue the interim suspension of dentist Brendan Neil Tweedie's registration for the remainder of the existing 15-month order. That interim order was originally imposed on 28 January 2026. The committee said the order would be reviewed again within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to continue the interim suspension of dentist Yusuf Nawzad Saeed's registration for the remainder of the existing 18-month order. That interim order was originally imposed on 19 February 2025. The committee reviewed the order and determined that the suspension should remain in place.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to continue the interim conditions on dentist Lisa Marie Hanna's registration for the remainder of the existing 18-month order. That order was originally imposed on 14 March 2025 and is due to expire on 13 September 2026. The GDC has said it will apply to the High Court to extend the order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 July 2026 to continue the interim suspension of dentist Jan Veende's registration for the remainder of an 8-month High Court extension order. The interim order was first imposed as conditions in November 2021 and later replaced with a suspension. The committee said the order would be reviewed again within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order confirmed(existing interim order confirmed)
The NMC found that Lena Anne-Marie Brown's existing interim conditions of practice order should be confirmed. The public determination did not state the underlying allegations or set out the conditions. The order is due to be reviewed again within six months unless a material change of circumstances leads to a hearing before then.