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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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  • HCPCRadiographer

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Patrick Elochukwu Ambrose

    The HCPTS panel decided that Patrick Elochukwu Ambrose 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

    James Kirkwood

    The HCPTS panel decided that James Kirkwood 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

    Nimra .

    The HCPTS panel decided that Nimra . 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

    Dalvir Sidhu

    The HCPTS panel decided that Dalvir Sidhu should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued 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

    Michelle A Bignall

    The HCPTS panel decided that Michelle A Bignall 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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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Lydia Edwards

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed an existing interim conditions of practice order in place for Lydia Edwards, an adult nurse. The panel decided to replace the conditions order with an interim suspension order while the substantive case against her continues. The interim suspension order will be reviewed within the next six months. No findings have yet been made on the substantive allegations against her.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Caroline Seabrook

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Caroline Seabrook, a Band 7 mental health nurse, formed an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old child service user, gave him lifts and drugs, drove under the influence with him in the car, and continued contact after her employer told her to stop. She was twice convicted of drink and drug driving. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and ordered her to be struck off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Naomi Kathlynne Amanda Butcher

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Naomi Butcher, a hospice nurse, made multiple medication errors over a six-month period, including giving a terminally ill patient ten times the prescribed dose of midazolam and falsely recording the correct dose. She also made an unprofessional comment about a dying patient and made discriminatory remarks while refusing a deceased patient's family permission to visit. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and ordered her to be struck off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Suspended from practice

    Grace Okanlawon

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Grace Okanlawon, a registered nurse, remains impaired and replaced her existing 12-month conditions of practice order with a six-month suspension order taking effect on 22 May 2026. The panel found there was no evidence she had complied with her conditions of practice order or addressed the original concerns about clinical failings at a nursing home in 2022, including blood glucose monitoring, blood pressure checks, PEG feeding and record keeping.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions extended

    Alexandre Guilherme Lass

    The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Lass's existing interim conditions on his registration as a dentist should be varied and continued for the remainder of a 15-month order, originally imposed on 22 December 2025. The Interim Orders Committee held a review hearing on 13 April 2026 and ordered that the matter be reviewed again in six months. The current conditions are recorded on Mr Lass's entry on the GDC's online register.

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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Masud Saeedi

    The HCPTS panel decided that Masud Saeedi 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

    Paul A Smith

    The HCPTS panel decided that Paul A Smith 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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  • HCPCPhysiotherapist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Hussein Mohey Mahmoud Amin

    The HCPTS panel decided that Hussein Mohey Mahmoud Amin 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

    Ihsan Ali

    The HCPTS panel decided that Ihsan Ali 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 Chant

    The HCPTS panel decided that David Chant 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

    Meline Soukiassian

    The HCPTS panel decided that Meline Soukiassian 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

    Anand Kalaiselvan

    The HCPTS panel decided that Anand Kalaiselvan 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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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Formally warned

    Felicity Rachel Smith

    The NMC found that Felicity Smith, a registered nurse and senior nurse practitioner at a GP surgery, intimidated and bullied a junior colleague between June and August 2021. On one occasion she raised her hand and threatened to hurt the colleague, and she repeatedly used a derogatory nickname. The panel decided her fitness to practise is impaired but at the lower end of seriousness, and imposed an 18-month caution order.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Mandy June Jilley

    The NMC found that Mandy Jilley, a registered nurse, did not properly record a patient restraint incident at Uplands Hospital in May 2019, and at Kitnocks Nursing Home in late 2019 failed to assess a deteriorating patient, did not call an ambulance when needed, gave dishonest answers in the investigation, and gave a patient antipsychotic medication at the wrong times. The panel decided her fitness to practise is impaired. The hearing has paused before deciding sanction, and an 18-month interim suspension order is in place.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Kate Sullivan

    The NMC found that Kate Sullivan, a registered mental health nurse, had an undeclared sexual relationship with a colleague, had sexual intercourse with him in the workplace, breached professional boundaries with a vulnerable patient, refused to provide care to a patient, did not report serious incidents, manipulated staffing to spend time with the colleague, and was unprofessional toward other colleagues. The panel decided her fitness to practise is impaired and ordered her name to be struck off the register.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Voluntary removal from the register

    Helen Joyce Champion

    The NMC's Assistant Registrar decided to remove Helen Joyce Champion, a registered nurse, from the NMC register by agreement. The application followed a referral raising concerns that she failed to respond appropriately to medical incidents, to document incidents accurately, or to maintain a resident's dignity. No allegation has been proved by a statutory committee, but the registrant does not intend to return to nursing and the Assistant Registrar found removal was in the public interest.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Practising with restrictions

    Joyce Efuah Babowa Mensah

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 6-month suspension order imposed on Joyce Mensah, a mental health nurse, after she failed to carry out required 15-minute observations and respond to a medical emergency in 2020 where Patient A lost a significant chance of survival, and dishonestly recorded observations she had not made. The panel found her fitness to practise remained impaired but that she had shown insight and engaged with training. It replaced the suspension with a 9-month conditions of practice order requiring supervision and reporting.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Alexandra Laydon

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order was needed for Alexandra Laydon, a mental health nurse, while the regulator decides whether there is a case to answer about allegations made against her. The committee directed an interim suspension order for 18 months. The order will be reviewed within the next six months and every six months after that. No findings have yet been made about the underlying allegations.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Kalvinder James Singh

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim conditions of practice order was needed for Kalvinder James Singh, a registered nurse and nurse independent prescriber, while the regulator decides whether there is a case to answer about allegations made against him. The committee directed a 12-month order requiring supervision, weekly clinical review meetings, and limits on his work with one named provider. The order will be reviewed within six months. No findings have yet been made about the underlying allegations.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Struck off the register

    Keith Wolverson

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Keith Wolverson's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct relating to inappropriate conduct with a patient in 2018, dishonesty about his reasons, and later working as a locum doctor while suspended in November 2022. He did not attend the hearing and had disengaged from the regulator since May 2025. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental hygienist

    Interim restrictions extended

    Jose George

    The GDC tribunal decided that the existing conditions on Mr George's registration as a dental hygienist and dental therapist should be continued for the remainder of the High Court extension to his interim order. The Interim Orders Committee held a review hearing on 10 April 2026. The original interim order was imposed on 15 July 2024 for 18 months and was extended by the High Court for a further 12 months on 23 December 2025. The matter will be reviewed again in six months.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Interim restrictions extended

    Sophie Nicole Radford

    The GDC tribunal decided that the existing conditions on Ms Radford's registration as a dental nurse should be continued for the remainder of an 18-month interim order originally imposed on 31 October 2025. The Interim Orders Committee held a review hearing on 10 April 2026 and ordered that the matter be reviewed again in six months. The current conditions are recorded on Ms Radford's entry on the GDC's online register.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Restoration to the register refused

    Ijaz Hayat

    The MPTS tribunal decided that Dr Ijaz Hayat's name should not be restored to the medical register. He had been erased in 2017 for repeated dishonesty over a long period involving a fraudulent insurance claim and forged documents. This was his second restoration attempt. The tribunal found his insight had developed but his remediation was not complete, and noted concerns about how he had handled references during the restoration process. He may not apply for restoration for 12 months.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Suspended from practice

    Kausik Ray

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Kausik Ray's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of his 2022 conviction for sexual assault of a colleague at Royal Sussex County Hospital. While the tribunal accepted his risk of repeating the behaviour was low and that he had shown insight and undertaken remediation, it gave significant weight to the fact that he remains on the Sex Offenders Register until June 2027. It suspended his registration for a further 12 months with an immediate order, and directed a review hearing.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Suspended from practice

    Jessica Hannah Gooch

    The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Gooch should be suspended from the dental nurse register for a further 12 months, with a review before the order expires. This was the first review of a suspension imposed in April 2025 for failing to co-operate with a GDC investigation. The Committee found Ms Gooch had not engaged with the GDC and provided no evidence of insight or remediation, so her fitness to practise remained impaired.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Sania Naz Khan

    The GDC tribunal decided that the Interim Orders Committee would impose conditions on Ms Khan's registration for 12 months, with a review in 6 months. The conditions are listed on her GDC register entry. An interim order is a precautionary measure put in place while the case is being looked into; it does not represent a final finding about Ms Khan's fitness to practise.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Suspended from practice

    Robert Walter Brown

    The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Brown's suspension from the dentist register would be extended for a further 12 months, with a review before the order expires. The Committee was reviewing a suspension first imposed in March 2025 for failing to cooperate with a GDC investigation into a patient complaint. It found no evidence of insight or remediation and concluded Mr Brown's fitness to practise remained impaired.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse

    Suspended from practice

    Ashley Alexandra Aydon

    The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Aydon's fitness to practise as a dental nurse is impaired by misconduct. The Professional Conduct Committee found admitted clinical governance failings as practice manager at a BUPA practice in 2021 and 2022, including problems with infection control, equipment, medicines and staff training. The Committee also found that, when audited, she dishonestly told an investigator she had held a December 2021 staff meeting on the Winter COVID procedure when she had not. It suspended her registration for 6 months with a review, and ordered immediate suspension to cover the 28-day appeal period.

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  • HCPCBiomedical Scientist

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Sundip Grewal

    The HCPTS panel decided that Sundip Grewal 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

    Connor James

    The HCPTS panel decided that Connor James 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

    Christopher James

    The HCPTS panel decided that Christopher James 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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  • HCPCDietitian

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Ryan Kwarteng

    The HCPTS panel decided that Ryan Kwarteng 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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  • HCPCDietitian

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Lorna Freeland

    The HCPTS panel decided that Lorna Freeland should be subject to the published outcome from an interim order review. The panel confirmed or continued 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

    Patrick B Noubissie Youmbi

    The HCPTS panel decided that Patrick B Noubissie Youmbi 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

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Saira Alam

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed an interim 12-month suspension order on Saira Alam, a registered nurse, on 9 April 2026. The committee decided this was needed while the NMC investigates allegations against her. Miss Alam was not present at the hearing. A future panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee will deal with the substantive allegations. The published reasons document does not include the substantive allegations.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Carmen Elizabeth Wilson

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed an interim 12-month suspension order on Carmen Wilson, a registered nurse, on 9 April 2026. The committee decided this was needed while the NMC investigates allegations against her. Ms Wilson was not present at the hearing. A future panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee will deal with the substantive allegations. The published reasons document does not include the substantive allegations.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Georgina Ruth Parry

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed an existing conditions of practice order that had been in place since 2022 for sleeping on duty as a Deputy Manager. The panel found Mrs Parry's fitness to practise remained impaired and that she had shown limited insight, no remediation, and no evidence of strengthened practice over four years. The panel decided to replace the conditions of practice order with a striking-off order, which will take effect on 17 May 2026.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Struck off the register

    Trey Vergara

    The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 9-month suspension order imposed on Trey Vergara, a registered nurse, for shouting at and intimidating a colleague in 2021. The panel found his fitness to practise remained impaired and that he had shown limited engagement, no insight, no remorse and no remediation, telling the NMC he considered himself retired. The panel decided to replace the suspension with a striking-off order, which will take effect on 23 April 2026.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Cristina-Ioana Andronache

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim suspension order was needed for Cristina-Ioana Andronache, a registered nurse, while the regulator decides whether there is a case to answer about allegations made against her. The committee directed an interim suspension order for 18 months. The order will be reviewed within the next six months and every six months after that. No findings have yet been made about the underlying allegations.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Jason Arnold

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim conditions of practice order was needed for Jason Arnold, a registered nurse and nursing associate, while the regulator decides whether there is a case to answer about an allegation made against him. The committee directed an 18-month interim conditions order requiring supervision, no night shifts, no nurse-in-charge role, and regular reporting. The order will be reviewed within six months. No findings have yet been made about the underlying allegation.

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  • Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse

    Interim restrictions imposed

    Daniel John Purnell

    The NMC's Investigating Committee found that an interim conditions of practice order was needed for Daniel John Purnell, a registered nurse, while the regulator decides whether there is a case to answer about allegations made against him. The committee directed an 18-month order limiting his work to two named employers, restricting him to a non-patient-facing resuscitation training role with adults, and banning freelance nursing work. The order will be reviewed within six months. No findings have yet been made about the underlying allegations.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Suspended from practice

    Colin Winter

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Colin Winter, a consultant anaesthetist, was dishonest when applying for jobs at Holt Doctors and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in 2023 and 2024. He failed to disclose an internal NHS investigation into his practice and a later GMC investigation. The tribunal said his dishonesty was repeated and serious. It suspended his registration for 12 months with a review and imposed an immediate order.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions extended

    Justin Yung H Chin

    The GDC tribunal decided that the Interim Orders Committee would vary and continue the conditions on Mr Chin's registration for the remainder of a 12-month High Court extension, with a review in 3 months. The interim order was originally imposed on 3 August 2023 for 18 months and has since been extended twice by the High Court. The conditions are listed on his GDC register entry.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Suspended indefinitely

    James McMurray

    The GDC tribunal decided to suspend Mr McMurray from the dentist register indefinitely. This was the third review of a suspension first imposed in October 2023 for clinical failings during his vocational training, including issues with caries removal, infection control and radiograph technique. The Committee found Mr McMurray had not engaged with the process or provided evidence of remediation, and indefinite suspension was appropriate. He may apply for a review if he later wishes to engage.

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  • Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist

    Interim restrictions extended

    Abhinay Rao Settipalli

    The GDC tribunal decided that the Interim Orders Committee would continue the interim suspension on Mr Settipalli's registration for the remainder of the original 15-month order, with a review in 6 months. The interim order was originally imposed on 30 October 2025. An interim order is a precautionary measure put in place while the case is being looked into; it is not a final finding about Mr Settipalli's fitness to practise.

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