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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 extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that Gaiva Kazuliene's registration as a dentist should stay suspended. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed her case on 11 August 2026 and continued the suspension for the remainder of a 15-month order first imposed on 24 September 2025. The suspension was also continued at a review on 5 March 2026. The record says it will be reviewed in 6 months and is due to expire on 23 December 2026, when the GDC will ask the High Court to extend it.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse David John Hancock shared multiple offensive, derogatory and discriminatory posts on social media between May and June 2023, motivated by hostility or a discriminatory attitude towards people of a different race, gender reassignment or sexual orientation. He admitted both charges. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a conditions of practice order for 18 months, with a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed that Brenna Allsuch could be removed from the nursing register by agreement. The NMC was investigating allegations about medication errors, record keeping and clinical advice, none of which has been found proved by a statutory committee. An assistant registrar decided she no longer intends to work as a nurse, that the allegations were unlikely to result in a striking-off order, and that removal was in the public interest.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that conditions should be placed on Riaz Mohamed Sharif's registration as a dentist. The Interim Orders Committee imposed the conditions on 10 August 2026 for a period of 15 months. The record says the order will be reviewed in 6 months. No charges or findings of fact have been published for this hearing.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Jophil George's fitness to practise remains impaired following earlier findings of sexually motivated conduct towards a colleague. Reviewing the six-month suspension order imposed in February 2026, the panel decided his insight is developing but still limited. It replaced the suspension with a conditions of practice order for 12 months, requiring him to work for one employer and meet his manager monthly to discuss professional boundaries.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that Festus Ezenwa Olenyi should practise under an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The conditions require him to work for one employer, not to be the sole nurse in charge of a shift, to be supervised when administering medication until assessed as competent, and to meet his manager fortnightly. 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 decided that Joanna Loueen Rabbitts should practise under an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The conditions require her to work for one employer, to be directly supervised when administering and managing medication until signed off as competent, and to meet her line manager monthly to discuss her performance. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that Jenefar Mosfie Kabir should be erased from the dental register. The Professional Conduct Committee made the order on 7 August 2026 and also ordered that her registration be suspended immediately. The record says the decision is within the appeal period. No charges or findings of fact have been published on the public hearing record for this case.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Victoria Louise Huzzard made medication administration and record-keeping errors at two care homes in March and April 2022, and that she dishonestly signed a colleague's name in the controlled drugs and destruction books to suggest the colleague had witnessed her. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and struck her off the register. An interim suspension order of 18 months covers the appeal period.
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 Alex Murphy's registration for 18 months. The panel made the order at a hearing on 7 August 2026, which Mr Murphy did not attend. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, so no findings have been made about the allegations. A panel will review the order within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Martin Wells should be erased from the register. The Professional Conduct Committee made the order on 6 August 2026 and ordered that his registration be suspended immediately. The GDC records that the decision is within the appeal period. The published outcome summary for this hearing does not set out the charges or the committee's findings, and no full determination document was available on the hearing page at the time of publication.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Jonathan Williams's registration as a dentist should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed his case on 6 August 2026 and kept the conditions in place for the remainder of the 15 month order first imposed on 30 June 2025. The order will be reviewed again in six months. The GDC records that Mr Williams is subject to two separate sanctions arising from two separate cases.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Rachel Louise Oliver's registration as a dental nurse should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed her case on 6 August 2026 and kept the existing conditions in place for the remainder of the order, which was first imposed on 23 February 2026 for 18 months. The committee will review the order again in six months. The conditions themselves are listed on Ms Oliver's entry in the GDC register.
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 imposed on registered nurse Edward James Michael Kelly for 18 months. The conditions limit him to one substantive employer, bar him from leadership positions, restrict how he contacts colleagues on social media, and require monthly meetings with a manager to discuss workplace culture. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 12-month suspension order on nurse Nimmy George and decided to replace it with a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 25 September 2026. The panel found her fitness to practise remains impaired by lack of competence and misconduct. It received no new evidence of insight or steps to strengthen her practice, and noted she has not engaged with the NMC since at least August 2024.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Ioan Marian Fechete failed to appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on 23 January 2025 to answer criminal charges under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and did not surrender after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Those criminal charges have not been tried. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and made a striking-off order, with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Asha Thomas Thoppram was convicted of common assault on 16 July 2025. The determination records that she was witnessed shouting and striking a resident's leg with a mop during a night shift at a nursing home. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of the conviction, citing limited insight, and made a striking-off order with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Rita Poddar-Ahmad's registration as a dentist should continue. The Interim Orders Committee reviewed her case on 6 August 2026 and kept the conditions in place for the remainder of a High Court extension granted on 13 May 2026 for 12 months. The conditions were first imposed on 7 February 2022 for 18 months, and the High Court has extended the order four times since August 2023. The record says it will be reviewed within 6 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that Christine Bulatao's interim conditions of practice order should be replaced with an interim suspension order. The panel reviewed the existing 18-month conditions order at a hearing on 6 August 2026, which Ms Bulatao did not attend. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, so no findings have been made about the allegations. A panel will review the suspension within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ludo Msinamwa's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her conditions of practice order with a striking-off order. The panel was reviewing an order first imposed in August 2023 after she breached undertakings about falls management and record keeping. It noted she had not attended the last two review hearings and had provided no evidence of insight, remediation or compliance with the conditions. The order takes effect at the end of 7 September 2026.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Fatemazehra Naushad Mawji should be suspended for one month. The Professional Conduct Committee made the order on 5 August 2026, and the suspension takes effect after the appeal period. The GDC's notice of inquiry set out charges covering two sets of driving convictions in 2021 and 2022, a failure to tell the GDC about those convictions and about two criminal charges, and a failure to declare a conviction when applying for the additional title of dental therapist. The committee's findings on those charges are not published.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Warning(formally warned)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Dan Doru Topala's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and issued him with a reprimand. The Professional Conduct Committee found proved, on his own admissions, that he did not discuss the risk of paraesthesia or take radiographs before placing an implant for Patient A in February 2021, did not obtain informed consent, placed the implant without adequate support, and did not urgently refer the patient when he reported persistent numbness. The reprimand stays on the register for 12 months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
Serenidade Bela Do Nascimento Fernandes
The GDC tribunal decided that the suspension of Serenidade Bela Do Nascimento Fernandes's registration as a dental nurse should be extended. At a review hearing on 5 August 2026 the Professional Conduct Committee extended the suspension by a further four months, and the order will be reviewed before it ends. Ms Fernandes has been suspended since 8 May 2026. The GDC records that the decision is within the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Karen Louise Grimley, a registered mental health nurse, accessed the clinical records of 22 patients at two NHS trusts between February and May 2020 without clinical justification, including records belonging to her father, a three-year-old child and colleagues. The panel found her explanations implausible, said her conduct showed deep-seated attitudinal issues, and found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct. It made a striking-off order. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC found that Nicola Paris Haran, a registered nurse, accessed the clinical records of eight patients and a colleague without clinical justification between January and November 2021, including those of a child who had died, and was dishonest when first asked about two of them. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only, and said she posed no risk to the public and had remediated her practice. It imposed a two-month suspension order without a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months on registered learning disabilities nurse Ferdus Begum at a virtual hearing on 5 August 2026. Miss Begum attended and was represented by UNISON. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer on the allegations against her, so the panel made no findings about them. A panel will review the order within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months on registered mental health nurse Nathaniel Oppong at a virtual hearing on 5 August 2026. Mr Oppong was not present and was unrepresented. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer on the allegations against him, so the panel made no findings about them. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Amar Sundeep Arjuna, a dentist, should be suspended from the register for three months. The Professional Conduct Committee made the decision on 4 August 2026, after a hearing on 3 August 2026, and ordered that his registration be suspended immediately. The suspension will be reviewed before the order ends. The published hearing record sets out the outcome only, so the charges and the Committee's reasons are not available. The record notes the decision was within the appeal period.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Sophie Nicole Radford should be suspended from the register on an interim basis. At a review hearing on 4 August 2026 the Interim Orders Committee revoked the conditions it had previously placed on her registration and imposed an interim suspension for the remainder of the 18 month order. The committee will review the order in three months.
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 registered nurse Colin Udeagbala should be replaced with an interim suspension order. The panel reviewed the existing 18-month conditions order at a hearing on 3 and 4 August 2026. A reviewing panel will look at the suspension again within the next six months. A separate panel has still to deal with the allegations against him.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace the interim conditions of practice order on Enoh Joyce Agbinone, a registered adult nurse, with an interim suspension order. An interim order restricts practice while a case is being dealt with; it is not a finding of wrongdoing. The published decision does not set out the allegations, and a panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee has still to deal with them. The order will be reviewed within six months and every six months after that.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months on registered nurse Ramon Mcloyd Montenegro at a hearing on 4 August 2026. Mr Montenegro was not present and not represented. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer on the allegations against him, so the panel made no findings about them. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months on registered mental health nurse Colin Smith at a virtual hearing on 4 August 2026. Mr Smith was not present and was unrepresented. The published decision does not set out the allegations, and the panel made no findings about them. A panel will review the interim suspension order within the next six months and every six months after that.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order lifted(interim restrictions lifted)
The GDC tribunal decided that the interim conditions on Jignasha Dilipkumar Patel's registration as a dentist should be removed. At a review hearing on 3 August 2026 the Interim Orders Committee revoked the conditions it had previously imposed, so Ms Patel's registration is no longer restricted by that order. The published outcome summary does not set out the committee's reasons or the concerns that led to the original interim order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided to impose an interim suspension order on Deborah Ann Davison, a registered adult nurse, for 18 months at a hearing on 3 August 2026, which she did not attend. An interim order restricts practice while a case is investigated; it is not a finding of wrongdoing. The NMC's case examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer on the allegations against her. The order will be reviewed within six months and every six months after that.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided to replace an existing interim suspension order on Grigore Dinca, a registered adult nurse, with an interim conditions of practice order. The conditions require him to work for a single substantive employer under direct supervision, never as the sole registered nurse in charge of a shift, and to meet his supervisor fortnightly to review patient assessments, care of diabetic patients, record-keeping, honesty and communication. The NMC's case examiners have 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 to impose an interim conditions of practice order on Mabel Newton, a registered adult nurse, for 18 months. She must work for one substantive employer, be directly supervised when managing or administering medication until judged competent, and meet her line manager monthly to discuss medicines management, record keeping and escalating concerns. The panel said the investigation is at an early stage and the case examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)
The NMC found that nurse George Eduard Stae posted vomiting and nausea emojis on a public Facebook post about Pride in June 2021, and that this was discriminatory towards people based on their sexuality or gender identity. The NMC offered no evidence on charges that he made threatening and racially offensive remarks to a doctor. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a 12-month caution order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Ms Anna Kuzniar's registration as a dentist should continue. At a review hearing on 30 July 2026, the Interim Orders Committee continued the conditions for the rest of the period allowed by the High Court. The interim order was first imposed on 4 July 2023 for 18 months, and the High Court later extended it twice, each time by 12 months. The Committee will review the order again in six months. The conditions themselves are listed on the GDC register.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Demi Leigh Ackroyd, a dental nurse, should be suspended from the register on an interim basis for 12 months. The Interim Orders Committee made the order on 30 July 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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided to impose an interim suspension order on mental health nurse Teresa Plant for 18 months. A panel will review the order within the next six months and every six months after that. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, and the determination does not set out the allegations against her.
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 nurse Michael McNeice for 18 months. The conditions limit him to one employer, bar him from being the nurse in charge of a shift, and require direct supervision for medicines management and administration. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, so no allegations have been decided.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Lorna Margaret Carey, a mental health nurse, used her employer's staff reward funds for her own personal use between January 2022 and April 2023, and that she acted dishonestly. The panel also found she failed to cooperate with the NMC's enquiries about her health, and that her fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ill health. It made a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Joel Kalombo Mutombo, a Band 6 charge nurse, failed to provide appropriate leadership and took no adequate action to limit sexualised conversations on his ward. It also found he sent sexualised messages to a junior colleague. The panel found several other charges not proved. It decided his fitness to practise was impaired on public interest grounds only, judging him a safe and effective practitioner, and imposed a caution order for two years.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Kenneth Macadaeg touched Patient A's penis without clinical justification on more than one occasion during a night shift in February 2024, and told him he had 'a very strong erection'. The panel found both actions were sexually motivated. It found three further charges not proved, including allegations involving a second patient. The panel decided his fitness to practise was impaired, struck him off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that health visitor Gillian Graham submitted inaccurate mileage claims dishonestly between January 2017 and March 2018, and told a colleague a nursery visit had gone well when she had not attended. The panel also found she repeatedly failed to file safeguarding documents and record wellbeing assessments for families with vulnerable children on her caseload. It found her fitness to practise impaired, struck her off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that nurse Rinah Bheekharry should be made subject to an interim suspension order for 18 months while its investigation continues. The committee heard the case at a virtual hearing on 30 July 2026, where Miss Bheekharry was present and represented. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, so no findings have been made against her. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided that nursing associate Busayo Idowu should practise under an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months while its investigation continues. The conditions limit him to working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, remotely and in a non-patient-facing role, and require monthly reflective discussions with a supervisor about professional boundaries and communication with colleagues. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Phylicia Khadijatu Sheriff slapped a colleague on the cheek during a handover at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust on 29 May 2024. Ms Sheriff admitted the charge. The panel found the slap was deliberate but impulsive and out of character, and decided her insight needed further development. It suspended her registration for four months and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Gordon David Shirley's fitness to practise is impaired. This was a health case, and the panel accepted a consensual panel determination agreed between the NMC and Mr Shirley. One charge was proved. The committee imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, along with an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The whole hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not published.