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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 18-month interim conditions of practice order on adult nurse Rachel Margaret Richardson at a hearing on 11 June 2026. The conditions include supervision of medication administration, a bar on being the nurse in charge of any shift, and monthly reviews covering record keeping and care planning. Case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Elliot Burns, a GP, engaged in an improper emotional and sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient between July 2013 and March 2015, including exchanging sexualised messages and images and three instances of sexual activity while she was his patient. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by his misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
No impairment found
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Philip Braakenburg, who was working as a locum psychiatry registrar, punched a patient once in the face after the patient attacked him, knocking off his glasses and injuring his eye. The tribunal decided he acted in self-defence in exceptional circumstances and that the force used was neither inappropriate nor excessive. It concluded his conduct did not amount to misconduct, that his fitness to practise was not impaired, and issued no warning.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Temitope Egbinola Adesiyan's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because her computer-based test was taken at the Yunnik test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting she personally 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 Olufunke Rachael Ekanade's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because her computer-based test was taken at the Yunnik test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting she personally used fraud. It 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 suspension order on George Johnny Adams, a registered mental health nurse from Croydon, at a hearing on 10 June 2026. An interim order is a temporary measure made while a case is ongoing, before any final decision. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, and a panel will review the suspension within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Other(other outcome)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided not to impose an interim order on dental nurse Carrie Anne Glass's registration at a hearing on 10 June 2026. An interim order would have restricted her registration while a case is considered; the committee imposed no order, so her registration is not restricted as a result of this hearing.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Bhavish Patel's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health and extended the conditions on his registration for six months at a review hearing on 10 June 2026. The Health Committee found he had broadly complied with the conditions, first imposed in May 2023, and that conditions remain the appropriate and proportionate order. A further review will take place before the order ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on mental health nurse Elizabeth Jane Schumacher at a hearing on 10 June 2026. Case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations against her. A panel will review the interim order within six months and every six months after that.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
No impairment found
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Gaetano Fundaro's fitness to practise was not impaired and concluded the case. The GDC withdrew clinical charges concerning consent, costs and record keeping during the hearing. The Professional Conduct Committee found the remaining allegations not proved, namely that he failed to respond adequately to a patient's concerns about treatment charges, shouted at the patient, and pushed him out of the surgery.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Matthew Jones, a GP, carried out sexually motivated examinations of two patients in 2015 that were not clinically indicated, touching their genital areas, and that one patient was vulnerable due to her mental health. It also found he took sexual photographs of himself on a hospital landing in 2019. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed to remove Amy Agnes Mcwilliams, an adult nurse from South Lanarkshire, from its register on 9 June 2026 at her own request. It was alleged that she worked while under the influence of an unknown substance and failed to cooperate with an NMC investigation; she denied working under the influence and no allegation was found proved. The NMC decided the public interest was best served by agreeing her removal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ritah Ssali, a mental health nurse, remains impaired at a review of her 12-month conditions of practice order on 9 June 2026. The panel replaced the conditions with a six-month suspension order taking effect on 13 June 2026. The case concerned misconduct and health matters and was heard entirely in private, so the panel's detailed reasons are not public.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 9 June 2026 to continue the interim suspension on dentist Ansar Mahmood's registration for the remainder of the current 12-month High Court extension. The suspension was originally imposed in September 2022 for 18 months and has been extended by the High Court three times, most recently in March 2026. It will be reviewed again in three months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Hannah Jane Finnigan's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and by a conviction, and suspended her for 12 months with immediate effect and a review. The Professional Conduct Committee found she dishonestly failed to declare a police caution when applying for registration, was convicted of drug driving in 2024, did not promptly inform the GDC, and worked without indemnity insurance.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Neel Chauhan, a GP, dishonestly worked shifts for two telemedicine providers at the same time between March and July 2023 and claimed payment from both, gaining around £8,500. The tribunal decided this was serious misconduct and that his fitness to practise was impaired, but accepted his insight and remediation were exceptional. It suspended his registration for four months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mrs Roberts, a registered nurse, committed serious misconduct, including reducing patients' IV fluids and bladder irrigation without clinical justification, intimidating patients, and belittling and racially discriminating against colleagues. It found her fitness to practise impaired, citing deep-seated attitudinal concerns and no insight or remediation, and directed that she be struck off the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Stefania Pezzi, a registered nurse in Kent, remained impaired when it reviewed a 12-month suspension order imposed in 2025 for dishonesty in a job application, in which she omitted a previous nursing role and concealed that she had been dismissed and referred to the NMC. The panel found no change since the original hearing — no further insight, remediation or engagement — and noted her registration had lapsed before replacing the suspension with a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC's Assistant Registrar agreed to remove Erika Kiss, a registered adult nurse, from the register under an agreed removal application she made in January 2026. The concern related to a health condition said to be capable of impairing her fitness to practise; no allegation had been found proved by a statutory committee. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied she no longer intends to work as a nurse and that the allegations were unlikely to result in a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Karen Nutbeam, a registered nurse in Surrey, remained impaired when it reviewed a 12-month conditions of practice order imposed in 2025 for shouting at a vulnerable care-home resident. The panel noted she had shown no insight or remediation, had let her registration lapse and did not intend to return to practice, and that conditions were no longer workable. It replaced the order with a striking-off order, taking effect on 24 July 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee directed an interim conditions of practice order lasting 18 months for Rita Chizoba Nwadi Ijeomah, a registered nurse in Stockport. The conditions limit her practice to one employer, bar her from being the nurse in charge, and require supervision when she administers medication until she is assessed as competent. The NMC's Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, and the underlying allegations are not set out in this interim decision.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on Katherine Kennedy, a registered mental health nurse from Cambridgeshire, at a virtual hearing on 8 June 2026. An interim order is a temporary measure made while a case is ongoing, before any final decision. A panel will review the suspension 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 18-month interim conditions of practice order on Wendy Michelle Oakes, an adult nurse from Lancashire, on 8 June 2026. The conditions restrict her to one substantive employer, prevent her from being the nurse in charge or the sole nurse on a shift, and require indirect supervision by another registered nurse. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
No impairment found
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Alexander Gates' fitness to practise is no longer impaired. At a review hearing, the tribunal considered his 2021 conviction for stalking, for which a 2024 tribunal had imposed conditions on his registration for 24 months. It found he had developed full insight, remediated his behaviour and posed no current risk to public protection, with no repetition in the eight years since the offending. The conditions will run to their expiry.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr David Cook, a respiratory consultant, engaged in depraved online conversations referring to sexual activity involving children between 2020 and 2021, for which he was convicted of publishing and attempting to publish an obscene article. The tribunal found the conduct was not sexually motivated and was directly caused by ill health at the time, but that it amounted to serious misconduct and his fitness to practise was impaired. It imposed conditions on his registration for 24 months.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Sarah Benn's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of misconduct and a conviction arising from her climate-change and animal-rights protests, which included breaching a High Court injunction three times and a conviction for criminal damage. At this review hearing the tribunal found she had shown no further insight or remediation and maintained that her position would not change. Concluding that compliance with the law is a fundamental professional requirement, it suspended her registration for 12 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Juliette Johnson's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found she had breached professional boundaries and acted with a lack of integrity by accepting monetary gifts totalling £39,300, in twelve cheques, from an elderly patient and his wife over about two and a half years. It made a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Cheryl Lee Feltner's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found she had entered an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable 16-year-old she had cared for, contacted them without clinical justification, encouraged them to abscond from their care home, and given them money. Finding a real risk of repetition, it made a striking-off order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Colin Duncan McLauchlan should be erased from the register with immediate suspension. The Professional Conduct Committee, sitting in his absence, found widespread failings in examinations, radiograph reporting, diagnosis and consent across 39 patients between 2018 and 2023, and found he acted dishonestly towards four patients, including denying he had left a dental bur in a patient's mouth and misattributing his own root canal work to another dentist.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse William Sinclair Malcolm was convicted at Newcastle Crown Court in March 2025 of sexual assault, ill-treatment or wilful neglect of individuals in his care, and racially aggravated harassment, and was sentenced to 39 months' imprisonment. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his convictions, identified serious attitudinal concerns and no insight, and imposed a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on registered nurse Amarachi Ogoke for 18 months. The order restricts her to a single, non-agency employer, bars her from being the nurse in charge, and requires direct supervision for medication and oxygen administration until she is assessed as competent, plus fortnightly supervision meetings. The panel noted the Case Examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against her.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order on registered nurse Julius Parina for 18 months. Mr Parina was not present and was unrepresented at the hearing. The order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter. The panel noted the Case Examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against him.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee directed an interim conditions of practice order lasting 12 months for Chantelle Smith, a nursing associate. The conditions limit her practice to one employer, bar agency and bank work, and require supervision when she administers medication. The NMC's Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, and the underlying allegations are not set out in this interim decision.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Magdalene Idu Ekpiken, a GP, failed to provide good clinical care to several patients in 2024, including not adequately assessing two patients and not keeping accurate records for three, one record stating she had carried out baby examinations she had not done. The tribunal decided this amounted to serious misconduct and that her fitness to practise was impaired, noting similar failings in 2018. It suspended her registration for six months. Allegations of dishonesty relating to two other patients were found not proved.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Roshan Patel's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and a criminal conviction. In March 2024 he stole a partially used syringe of a controlled drug at work and self-administered it, and was later convicted of theft and drug possession. The tribunal decided his insight and remediation were still developing and suspended his registration for six months, with a review before it ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed to remove registered nurse Christopher Ronald Currie from its register under Rule 14, following his own application. The referral had alleged he lacked the competence to practise without supervision as a Band 5 nurse and raised a health concern; no allegation was found proved. An Assistant Registrar was satisfied the allegations were not fundamentally incompatible with registration and that removal served the public interest.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a suspension order imposed on registered midwife Rachel Mugechi Muchoki for a lack of competence and decided her fitness to practise remains impaired. The panel found a continuing shortfall in her clinical knowledge and limited evidence of strengthening her practice. It replaced the suspension with an 18-month conditions of practice order, requiring supervised practice, completion of her preceptorship and a personal development plan, taking effect at the end of 13 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 registered nurse Patricia Barbara Brown for 18 months. The order restricts her to working only for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, bars her from being the sole nurse or nurse in charge, and requires indirect supervision and fortnightly meetings on compassion and dignity towards patients. The panel noted the 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 imposed an interim suspension order on registered nurse Fiore Sannio for 18 months. Mr Sannio was not present or represented at the hearing, though the Royal College of Nursing provided written submissions on his behalf. The order will be reviewed within six months and every six months thereafter. The panel noted the Case Examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer in relation to the allegations made against him.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Kesley Smith's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of his 2022 conviction for fraud and forgery, after he forged prescriptions for controlled drugs while working in 2021. At this review hearing the tribunal decided his insight was not yet complete and that a medium risk to the public remained. It extended conditions on his registration for a further 18 months, with a review before they end.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order on Ms Bathawab for 18 months. The order is a precaution that suspends her registration while the NMC investigates; the Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, and no findings have been made against her. A panel will review the interim order within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order on Mrs Ellis for 18 months. The conditions prevent her from being the nurse in charge or working alone in patients' homes and require supervision, with meetings covering medication administration, infection control, recognising deterioration and record keeping. The order is a precaution while the NMC's Case Examiners decide whether there is a case to answer; 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 registered nurse Tracey Ann Sewell for 18 months. The order limits her to one substantive, non-agency employer, bars her from being the nurse in charge or sole nurse on duty, and requires fortnightly supervision meetings on professional standards and workplace conduct. The panel noted the Case Examiners have yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Ataollah Akbarzad Mahin's interim conditions should be revoked and replaced with an interim suspension. The Interim Orders Committee made the decision at a review hearing on 3 June 2026, with the suspension applying for the remainder of the existing 18-month interim order. The committee will review the order again in six months.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr David Adams' fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. His case concerned dishonesty in failing to declare a 2019 drink-driving conviction to the GMC. Reviewing his case on the papers, the tribunal noted clear progress but decided he had not yet provided the reflective evidence a previous tribunal had recommended, and extended the conditions on his registration for a further 12 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed an interim conditions of practice order on Mr Devassy and decided to replace it with an interim suspension order. The order is a precaution while the substantive allegations against him have yet to be dealt with by a panel; no findings on those allegations have been made. The interim suspension 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 conditions of practice order on Mr Hutchison for 18 months. The order limits him to one employer and requires direct supervision by a senior registered nurse until he is signed off as competent in areas including medication administration, wound care, catheterisation and record keeping. The order is a precaution to allow the NMC investigation to be completed; the Case Examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee reviewed an interim suspension order on Ms Alizameni and decided to replace it with an interim conditions of practice order. The conditions prevent her from being the midwife in charge and require supervision for medication management and fetal heart monitoring until she is signed off as competent. The order is a precaution while the NMC's Case Examiners decide whether there is a case to answer; no findings have been made.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Salama Begum should be erased from the register, with an immediate suspension order. The Professional Conduct Committee found she offered and provided tooth whitening services outside a dental nurse's scope of practice and without indemnity cover, putting patient safety at risk, and that she acted dishonestly by denying the work to her employer and falsely telling the GDC it had approved the service.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed to remove registered nurse Elizabeth Whitehead from its register on 1 June 2026, following her own application for agreed removal. An Assistant Registrar decided the public interest was best served by allowing her to leave, without completing the investigation into a referral alleging a health condition had affected her practice. No allegation against her was found proved by a statutory committee.