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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 ServiceDental nurse

    Other outcome

    Megan Eilidh Marshall

    The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Marshall's appeal should be dismissed. The Registration Appeals Committee considered her appeal on 22 April 2026 against an earlier decision to remove her from the Dental Care Professionals register because she had not complied with the GDC's continuing professional development requirements. The appeal was dismissed, so the original removal from the register stands. This is a registration appeal, separate from the GDC's fitness to practise process.

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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Mobeena Azhar

    The HCPTS panel decided that Mobeena Azhar 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

    Hira Mann

    The HCPTS panel decided that Hira Mann 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

    David Bridge

    The HCPTS panel decided that David Bridge should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. 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

    Azar Shiran

    The HCPTS panel decided that Azar Shiran 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

    Alice Douglas

    The HCPTS panel decided that Alice Douglas 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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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Practising with restrictions

    Sara Morrissey

    The NMC found that Sara Morrissey, a registered nurse, did not switch on a vulnerable patient's ventilator while moving them to a chair in July 2020. The patient's lips turned blue before staff noticed and turned the machine on. Mrs Morrissey did not record the incident or hand it over to the next nurse. The panel decided her fitness to practise is impaired and imposed a 12-month conditions of practice order, including supervised retraining.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Babasola Olayinka Babinson

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Babasola Olayinka Babinson, a registered mental health nurse, mismanaged the restraint of a vulnerable patient on a night shift in August 2023, allowed colleagues to hold the patient by the neck, slapped the patient, threw liquid at her, held her head while she lay prone, and dishonestly omitted these events from the incident report. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order during the appeal period.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Suspended from practice

    Malcolm Love Hamilton

    The GDC tribunal decided that the suspension on Mr Hamilton's registration as a dentist should be extended for a further 12 months. The Professional Conduct Committee held a review hearing on 21 April 2026 and ordered that the suspension be reviewed again before the end of the new order. Mr Hamilton has been suspended since 1 April 2025. The decision is within the 28-day appeal period.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Other outcome

    Saoirse Ann Bradley

    The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Bradley's appeal should be dismissed. The Registration Appeals Committee considered her appeal on 21 April 2026 against an earlier decision to remove her from the Dental Care Professionals register because she had not complied with the GDC's continuing professional development requirements. The appeal was dismissed, so the original removal from the register stands. This is a registration appeal, separate from the GDC's fitness to practise process.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions extended

    Igor Baic

    The GDC tribunal decided that the existing conditions on Mr Baic's registration as a dentist should be continued for the remainder of an 18-month interim order originally imposed from 13 November 2025. The Interim Orders Committee held a review hearing on 21 April 2026 and ordered that the matter be reviewed again in six months. The current conditions are recorded on Mr Baic's entry on the GDC's online register.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions extended

    Henri Wafula

    The GDC tribunal decided that the existing conditions on Mr Wafula's registration as a dentist should be varied and continued for the remainder of a High Court extension to his interim order. The Interim Orders Committee held a review hearing on 21 April 2026. The original order was imposed on 27 February 2023 and has been extended twice by the High Court, most recently for a further 12 months on 26 August 2025. The matter will be reviewed again in three months.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental technician

    Other outcome

    Olivia Christine Cummings

    The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Cummings's appeal should be dismissed. The Registration Appeals Committee considered her appeal on 21 April 2026 against an earlier decision to remove her from the Dental Care Professionals register because she had not complied with the GDC's continuing professional development requirements. The appeal was dismissed, so the original removal from the register stands. This is a registration appeal, separate from the GDC's fitness to practise process.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Gbenga Ataga

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed an interim suspension order on mental health nurse Gbenga Ataga for a period of 12 months. The hearing took place on 21 April 2026 and he was not present and unrepresented. A panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee has still to deal with the substantive allegations against him. The interim order will be reviewed within the next six months and every six months thereafter, and may be revoked, confirmed, or replaced with an interim conditions of practice order.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Kofi Afrifa Amankwa

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be made against adult nurse Kofi Afrifa Amankwa for a period of 18 months, with a direction for an early review. The hearing took place on 21 April 2026 and he was present but unrepresented. The order must be listed for review within the next 14 days or when his representative is able to attend. The NMC Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer regarding the allegations against him.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Graham Stephen Miller

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim conditions of practice order should be made against mental health nurse Graham Stephen Miller for a period of 18 months. The hearing took place on 21 April 2026 and he was present and legally represented. Conditions include limiting his practice to his current NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde employment in a non-patient-facing role only. The NMC Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer regarding the allegations against him.

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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Marib Ali Zaidi

    The HCPTS panel decided that Marib Ali Zaidi should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel imposed 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

    Sean Saba

    The HCPTS panel decided that Sean Saba 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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  • HCPCArts Therapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Simon Critchley

    The HCPTS panel decided that Simon Critchley should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order application. The panel imposed 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

    Inam Ullah Khan

    The HCPTS panel decided that Inam Ullah Khan should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel imposed 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

    Archina Raj

    The HCPTS panel decided that Archina Raj should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel imposed 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

    Bamidele Samuel Alade

    The HCPTS panel decided that Bamidele Samuel Alade 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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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Syed Tanveer Ahmed

    The HCPTS panel decided that Syed Tanveer Ahmed should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel imposed 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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  • HCPCPractitioner Psychologist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Nadine Field

    The HCPTS panel decided that Nadine Field 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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  • HCPCPractitioner Psychologist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Michael Gladstone

    The HCPTS panel decided that Michael Gladstone 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

    Tobias-Constantin Rihm

    The HCPTS panel decided that Tobias-Constantin Rihm 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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  • HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Nichola E Marner

    The HCPTS panel decided that Nichola E Marner 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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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Rachel Jane Pearson

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found Rachel Jane Pearson's fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct, conviction and health, after a hearing held in private under Rule 19. The panel decided to impose a striking-off order, removing her from the nursing register. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also imposed. The substantive findings are not published because the hearing was private.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Other outcome

    Mandeep Kaur Jalf

    The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Jalf's appeal should be dismissed. The Registration Appeals Committee considered her appeal on 20 April 2026 against an earlier decision to remove her from the Dental Care Professionals register because she had not complied with the GDC's continuing professional development requirements. The appeal was dismissed, so the original removal from the register stands. This is a registration appeal, separate from the GDC's fitness to practise process.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Other outcome

    Mirela Kolbe Britto

    The GDC tribunal decided to allow Miss Kolbe Britto's appeal. The Registration Appeals Committee considered her appeal on 20 April 2026 against an earlier decision by the GDC's Registrar to refuse her application for registration as a Dental Therapist and an Orthodontic Therapist. The appeal was granted. This is a registration appeal, separate from the GDC's fitness to practise process; it does not involve any allegations of misconduct.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Other outcome

    Kelly Jane Jackson

    The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Jackson's appeal should be dismissed. The Registration Appeals Committee considered her appeal on 20 April 2026 against an earlier decision to remove her from the Dental Care Professionals register because she had not complied with the GDC's continuing professional development requirements. The appeal was dismissed, so the original removal from the register stands. This is a registration appeal, separate from the GDC's fitness to practise process.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental technician

    Appeal against removal dismissed

    William Ray Thompson

    The GDC tribunal decided that Mr William Ray Thompson's appeal should be dismissed. The Registration Appeals Committee considered his challenge to the General Dental Council's decision to remove him from the Dental Care Professionals register for not meeting continuing professional development requirements. The committee dismissed the appeal on 20 April 2026, which means the original decision to remove him from the register stands.

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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Muhammad Fahim

    The HCPTS panel decided that Muhammad Fahim 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

    Daniel Lowe

    The HCPTS panel decided that Daniel Lowe 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

    Mark A Anders

    The HCPTS panel decided that Mark A Anders 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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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Hanya Amiri

    The HCPTS panel decided that Hanya Amiri 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

    Ayesha Farooq

    The HCPTS panel decided that Ayesha Farooq 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

    Philip Murrie

    The HCPTS panel decided that Philip Murrie 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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  • HCPCParamedic

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Simon E Price

    The HCPTS panel decided that Simon E Price 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

    Usman Yusaf

    The HCPTS panel decided that Usman Yusaf 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

    Anthony Scott

    The HCPTS panel decided that Anthony Scott 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

    Struck off the register

    Matthew Goodey

    The HCPTS panel decided that Matthew Goodey 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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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Suspended from practice

    Shelley Rossiter

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Shelley Rossiter, a senior nurse at Northampton General Hospital, accessed the clinical records of family members and family members of colleagues without authority or clinical justification on many occasions over a five-year period. The panel found there was no actual harm to patients but the conduct was a serious breach of the duty of confidentiality. It found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a six-month suspension order with review. No interim order was made.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Struck off the register

    Jaroslaw Michal Iwanicki

    The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Iwanicki's fitness to practise as a dentist is impaired by reason of misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the Dental Register. The Professional Conduct Committee found proved charges relating to inadequate clinical care of two patients, poor record keeping, failure to retain and provide dental records, deletion of clinical photographs, and a sustained failure to co-operate with the GDC. The Committee identified a deep-seated professional attitudinal problem and concluded that no lesser sanction was sufficient.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Jinson George

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be made against mental health nurse Jinson George for a period of 18 months. The hearing took place on 17 April 2026 and he was not present, with written submissions provided by the Royal College of Nursing. The NMC Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer regarding the allegations against him. The interim order will be reviewed within the next six months and every six months thereafter.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Sarah-Jane Swift

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that mental health nurse Sarah-Jane Swift should be struck off the register. The panel found that on 13 April 2022 she touched a vulnerable colleague's bare chest without his consent during a workplace incident, and that this was sexual in nature and harassed him. The committee found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order on 17 April 2026. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also imposed to cover the appeal period.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Catherine Elizabeth Armitage-McGirr

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be made against adult nurse Catherine Elizabeth Armitage-McGirr for a period of 18 months. The hearing took place on 17 April 2026 and she was not present, with written submissions provided by the Royal College of Nursing. The NMC Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer regarding the allegation against her. The interim order will be reviewed within the next six months and every six months thereafter.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Patience Ehizode

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be made against nurse and midwife Patience Ehizode for a period of 18 months. The hearing took place on 17 April 2026 and she was present and represented by counsel instructed by the Royal College of Nursing. The interim order will be reviewed within the next six months and every six months thereafter. The case examiners' decision on whether there is a case to answer is awaited.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Kelly-Marie Porter

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that children's nurse Kelly-Marie Porter should be struck off the register. The panel found that on 9 April 2025 she was convicted at Plymouth Magistrates' Court of making indecent images of a child and possessing an extreme pornographic image. She was sentenced to 32 weeks suspended imprisonment and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. The committee found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of her conviction and imposed a striking-off order on 17 April 2026, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Susan Viji

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order should be made against adult nurse Susan Viji for a period of 12 months. The hearing took place on 17 April 2026 and she was present and unrepresented. The interim order will be reviewed within the next six months and every six months thereafter. The reviewing panel may revoke the interim order, confirm it, or replace it with an interim conditions of practice order.

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