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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 on mental health nurse Frederick Nana Yaw Asamoah for 18 months at a hearing on 19 June 2026. The order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter. The NMC's Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations against Mr Asamoah, and no findings have been made.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that children's nurse Jay Hobbs's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct, including six charges of dishonesty, in the care of four children in an emergency department between 2022 and 2023. The panel found he had put vulnerable patients at unwarranted risk of harm and dishonestly recorded and reported clinical observations. Finding a high risk of repetition, it made a striking-off order.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
No impairment found
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Hughes's fitness to practise is not impaired by reason of misconduct. At this first review hearing, it examined a 12-month suspension imposed in 2025 for a sexually motivated relationship he pursued with a patient, whom he had met as a vulnerable young paediatric patient. The tribunal was satisfied he had shown significant insight, remediated as far as he could and posed a low risk of repetition, and that the original suspension had upheld public confidence. It directed that the suspension be left to expire.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 18 June 2026 to replace adult nurse Animol Puthanpurackal Thomas's suspension with a striking-off order, taking effect on 24 June 2026. The original panel found misconduct including medication errors, failing to recognise a patient's seizure, and incorrectly attempting to lift a patient, and that she lacked the necessary knowledge of English to practise safely. The review panel noted no engagement since March 2023 and no evidence of insight or remediation.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that interim conditions should be placed on dentist Jessica Patel-Barnes' registration. On 18 June 2026, the Interim Orders Committee imposed conditions on her registration for a period of 18 months. The committee directed that the interim order be reviewed in six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Suraj Vatish's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and suspended him for four months, with immediate effect and a review. The Professional Conduct Committee found he failed to obtain informed consent before reopening a baby's tongue-tie and lip-tie wounds, handled the parents' complaint defensively without an apology, and acted dishonestly by making a refund conditional on removing a negative review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 18 June 2026 that mental health nurse Joy Harradine remains impaired and directed that she be struck off the register when her current suspension expires on 15 July 2026. The original panel found she failed to check a patient for injury after an unwitnessed fall, kept poor records, and did not intervene when staff handled and spoke to the patient inappropriately. The review panel found no evidence of insight or strengthened practice.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed an application from adult nurse Amanda Robertson for removal from its register on 18 June 2026. An Assistant Registrar decided the public interest was best served by the agreed removal, noting she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse. The NMC had been investigating a health concern and an alleged formal police warning for possession of Class C controlled drugs; no allegation was found proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace the interim suspension order on adult nurse Ewelina Katarzyna Limas with an interim conditions of practice order at a review hearing on 18 June 2026. The conditions require her to work for a single employer in a supernumerary position at first, restrict her to weekday day shifts, and bar unsupervised medication administration until she passes competence assessments. The allegations against her have not yet been dealt with.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order on mental health nurse Thomas Bennett for 18 months at a hearing on 18 June 2026. The order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter. The NMC's Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations against Mr Bennett, and no findings have been made.
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 Kameka Sarju for 18 months at a hearing on 18 June 2026. The conditions restrict her practice to her current employer and require supervision, including direct supervision of any prescribing duties, and monthly management meetings covering prescribing, medication management, safeguarding and record keeping. 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 conditions of practice order on adult nurse Csilla Sulyok for 18 months at a hearing on 18 June 2026. The conditions restrict her to a single substantive employer, prevent her from being the nurse in charge on any shift, and require direct supervision when administering medication, alongside monthly meetings covering communication, record keeping, patient safety, medication management and escalation of deteriorating patients. 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 reviewed an existing interim conditions of practice order on adult nurse Katharine Eleanor Hughes and decided to replace it with an interim suspension order at a hearing on 18 June 2026. The suspension 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 Miss Hughes.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Other(other outcome)
The GDC tribunal decided that no interim order should be imposed on dentist Ameena Khurshid's registration. At an Interim Orders Committee hearing on 17 June 2026, the committee considered whether to impose an interim order and decided that no order should be made. Ameena Khurshid's registration is therefore not subject to any interim suspension or conditions as a result of this hearing.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Chloe Freya Ellis should remain suspended. At a review hearing on 17 June 2026, the Health Committee found her fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health, noting she had not engaged with the GDC or provided up-to-date evidence about her health. The committee extended her suspension for a further 12 months, with a review before it expires. The hearing was held in private.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review meeting on 17 June 2026 to strike Adria Pearce, an adult nurse from Leicester, off the register. Her 12-month suspension followed proven charges of dishonestly taking dihydrocodeine and codeine phosphate from a ward medication cupboard at Glenfield Hospital. The panel found she remained impaired, having not engaged with the NMC since 2022, and the striking-off order takes effect on 31 July 2026.
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 Esther Omoyemi Adeniyi for 18 months at a hearing on 17 June 2026. The panel said the order allows the NMC time to investigate at least nine alleged medication incidents and alleged communication incidents. The conditions restrict her to a single employer, bar bank or agency work, and require supervision. The allegations have not yet been decided.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on adult nurse Anoop Thulasi Balakrishnan at a hearing on 17 June 2026, which he did not attend. The panel said the order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter. The allegations against Mr Balakrishnan have not yet been dealt with, and the NMC will keep him informed of developments.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on adult nurse Jane Keogh for 18 months at a hearing on 17 June 2026, held entirely in private under Rule 19. The conditions limit her to non-patient-facing duties at Stepping Hill Hospital, require supervision, and require monthly management meetings covering safeguarding, conduct and communication. The allegations have not yet been decided by the NMC's Case Examiners.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse and midwife Annette Black's fitness to practise was impaired on the grounds of misconduct and health. The panel found several charges proved and imposed a suspension order for 12 months with a review, together with an interim suspension order of 18 months. The hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not public.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
Nilanthie Manathunga Arachchige
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on Nilanthie Manathunga Arachchige, a registered nurse from Nottingham, at a hearing on 16 June 2026. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer over the allegations. A panel will review the interim order within six months and every six months after that.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Other(other outcome)
The GDC tribunal decided that no interim order should be imposed on dentist Ashraf Farouk Ayoub's registration. At an Interim Orders Committee hearing on 16 June 2026, the committee considered whether to impose an interim order and decided that no order should be made. Ashraf Farouk Ayoub's registration is therefore not subject to any interim suspension or conditions as a result of this hearing.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that interim conditions should be placed on dentist Myles Hyla Edward Dakin's registration. On 16 June 2026, the Interim Orders Committee imposed conditions on his registration for a period of 15 months. The committee directed that the interim order be reviewed in six months. The conditions are listed on his GDC register entry.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Bernadett Kiralyne Kemenes, an adult nurse working in Scottish care homes, made repeated medication errors between October 2022 and June 2023, including giving a resident 32 units of insulin instead of the prescribed 8, and dishonestly amended the resident's medication records to conceal the error. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and suspended her for three months, with an interim conditions of practice order until the suspension takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed to remove Georg-Mary Okpala, an adult nurse in London, from its register at her own request. Concerns about her medication practice had been referred to the NMC and were still at the screening stage; no allegation was proved by any committee. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied that she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse, that the allegations were not likely to result in a striking-off order, and that removal best served the public interest.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed to remove Lucian Teodor Svoronos, an adult nurse in Oxfordshire, from its register at his own request. It was alleged that he gave the wrong vaccine to eight patients; he said he gave the correct vaccine but recorded it incorrectly. No allegation was proved, and the investigation was not completed. The Assistant Registrar decided the allegations were unlikely to result in a striking-off order and that removal best served the public interest.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)
William Robert Stuart Aspinall
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist William Aspinall's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and suspended him for six months. The Professional Conduct Committee found he engaged in inappropriate, sexually motivated conduct towards two female colleagues without their consent, including touching in the surgery, at a nightclub and in a taxi. The committee found impairment on public interest grounds only and did not impose an immediate 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 Christopher John Louis Cope, a learning disabilities nurse from Somerset, on 16 June 2026. The conditions restrict him to a single employer and require fortnightly supervision covering patient assessments, record keeping, communication and time management. 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 reviewed an interim conditions of practice order on Emmanuel Kennedy Oyoyo, a mental health nurse from Cardiff, on 16 June 2026 and decided to replace it with an interim suspension order. A panel will review the suspension within six months and every six months after that while the case continues.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Stephen John Manuel's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and lack of competence, arising from clinical failings in the care of a deteriorating patient in January 2019 and a later medication error. The panel did not find an allegation of dishonesty proved. It imposed a conditions of practice order for 18 months, with a review.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Moboladale Ojutiku's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. It found that, over about two years, he dishonestly carried out paid private clinics during NHS contracted hours he was scheduled to spend on Trust duties, receiving payment from both. The tribunal found the dishonesty serious and his insight limited, suspended his registration for 12 months and directed a review before it ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Penny Senner, a registered nurse in Dorset, accessed numerous patients' records without a legitimate clinical reason over more than a year, told a cancer patient that her Covid-19 vaccinations had caused her cancer, and gave patients an unapproved leaflet linking to an anti-vaccination website. The panel decided these actions were attempts to undermine public confidence in public health advice, amounted to misconduct, and made her fitness to practise impaired. It imposed a striking-off order, citing limited insight and a high risk of repetition.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 15 June 2026 to vary and continue the conditions on dentist Abbas Abdollahi's registration. The conditions were originally imposed on 11 December 2025 and remain in place for the remainder of the 18-month interim order, with a further review due in three months. The conditions are listed on his GDC register entry.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Warning(formally warned)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Nita Datta Gupta's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and issued her with a reprimand on 15 June 2026. The committee found she failed to provide an adequate standard of care to a patient during implant treatment in 2023, did not obtain informed consent, and kept inadequate records. It found impairment on public interest grounds only, noting her insight, remorse and remedial action, and said the reprimand will appear on the register for 12 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Cameron William James Reid, a children's nurse, was convicted in March 2025 of possessing an extreme pornographic image and of making and possessing indecent images of children. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, accepted a consensual panel determination agreed with the NMC, and imposed a striking-off order. An 18-month interim suspension order covers any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Elaine Paula Ward, a children's nurse in Dorset, gave medication meant for one child to another without verifying the patient's identity, recorded the medicine as given when it was not, and administered a milk feed through a nasogastric tube when the pH level was too high. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed an 18-month conditions of practice order.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Alaaeldin Kamel, a doctor, fabricated four reports and repeatedly sent them to the General Medical Council to use at his interim and tribunal hearings, breaching conditions on his registration. It found this dishonesty was deliberate and repeated over about a year, and that his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct. The tribunal decided that his conduct was incompatible with continued registration and directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Richard Bowley, a doctor, dishonestly claimed payments under an income protection insurance policy by declaring on a claim form that he had not worked and could not work as a GP, when he had in fact been working as a locum GP. It found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct. The tribunal, which also reviewed an existing suspension for improperly accessing a colleague's medical records, directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Salah-ud-Din Taj had criminal convictions in Australia for 14 offences over four months, including a threat to kill, stalking and breaching court orders. It also found he dishonestly failed to declare these convictions when applying to the GMC in 2018 and to an NHS trust in 2019, and misrepresented his work history. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired and erased his name from the medical register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sarah Pike, a registered nurse at a nursing home in Exeter, failed to maintain professional boundaries with a resident by giving him her personal phone number and visiting his home to share alcohol, referred to a colleague using a derogatory term within a resident's earshot, and did not wear a face covering while working during the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel decided these attitudinal concerns amounted to misconduct, that her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order. Several other charges were found not proved.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
No impairment found
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Prabjit Singh Banwait's fitness to practise is no longer impaired and revoked his suspension with immediate effect at a review hearing on 12 June 2026. He had been suspended for six months in December 2025 after admitting he dishonestly failed to disclose a police caution when applying for registration. The committee found he had shown full insight and repetition was unlikely.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee decided to replace the interim conditions of practice order on Natasha Kassell, a children's nurse, with an interim suspension order at a review hearing on 12 June 2026. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer over the allegations. The order will be reviewed again, and the NMC will invite a panel to confirm it if the High Court extends the order in July 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Adetoyese Omiwole's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria. The panel found widespread fraud had taken place at the centre for many years, and the NMC declared all test results from it invalid. It noted there was no evidence that Mrs Omiwole herself acted fraudulently. The panel directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
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 Afeez Bamidele Issa, an adult nurse in Telford and Wrekin, at a new interim order hearing on 12 June 2026. The conditions restrict him to a single employer, bar bank or agency work, and require supervision, including of his medication practice. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer over the allegations.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Omar Aziz acted dishonestly when he answered 'no' on a January 2025 new starter form for an employer, failing to disclose a 2019 tribunal warning, past and ongoing fitness-to-practise investigations, and current restrictions on his practice. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and suspended his registration for six months, with a review before it ends.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 11 June 2026 to vary and continue the conditions on dentist Alan Edward Moffatt's registration. The conditions were originally imposed on 15 April 2025 and remain in place for the remainder of the 15-month interim order, which expires on 14 July 2026. The GDC will apply to the High Court for an extension of the order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental technician
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 11 June 2026 to continue the conditions on dental technician Hiten Kumar Parmar's registration for the remainder of the 18-month interim order. An interim suspension was originally imposed in September 2025 and was replaced with conditions at a review in March 2026. The order will be reviewed again in six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC decided to grant Georgina Marie Cullen's application for agreed removal from its register on 11 June 2026. A referral in February 2022 had raised concern that the adult nurse's fitness to practise may be impaired by reason of health; no allegation was found proved by a statutory committee. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied the allegations were not likely to result in a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Amarachi Marie Madu's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting Mrs Madu herself used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Ibukunolu Abosede Oladipo's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting Miss Oladipo herself used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.