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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
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Obinna Julius Onwukwe contacted one patient on social media and phoned another after taking his number from clinical records, all without clinical justification, breaching professional boundaries and patient confidentiality. Allegations of sexual touching and sexual motivation were found not proved. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and suspended him for nine months, with an 18-month interim suspension covering any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Brendan James Phair dishonestly asked two junior colleagues to record patient observations that had not been carried out, and separately swore at a patient and pretended to throw a stapler at them. He admitted all the charges. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and suspended him for four months, deciding no review of the order was needed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Tracy Ann Ellis shared posts and wrote comments on Facebook about immigrants and ethnic minorities over about two years, and that her actions were offensive, racist and racially motivated, seeking to cause offence and incite hatred. Finding limited insight and a continuing risk of repetition, the panel imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order pending any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found nurse Josephine Ruggeri's fitness to practise impaired at a substantive meeting on 21 and 22 May 2026, in a case categorised as misconduct and health. The panel found six charges proved and two not proved, and imposed a 12-month suspension order together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The published document records the outcome only; the panel's detailed reasons are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months on nurse Grzegorz Zbigniew Bielinski at a hearing on 22 May 2026. The conditions restrict him to one employer, prevent him working in a nursing management role, and require indirect supervision by another registered nurse and monthly discussions of his clinical practice 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 18-month interim conditions of practice order on Namitha Pacheco, a registered adult nurse based in Sheffield, at a hearing on 22 May 2026. The conditions restrict her to a single employer and require supervision when she administers medication, with monthly performance meetings. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, and the order will be reviewed at least every six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on Christine Mary Jane Tedds, a registered adult nurse based in Birmingham, at a hearing on 22 May 2026. The order suspends her from practice while it remains in place. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer, and a panel will review the order within six months and every six months thereafter.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Prachalias's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct towards three female colleagues. It found he behaved intimidatingly towards one colleague during the Covid pandemic, sexually harassed another at a work Christmas party in a way that was sexually motivated and abused his senior position, and discriminated against a third by excluding her from a meeting because of her sex. The tribunal found his insight limited and remediation incomplete on some matters, but that erasure was not warranted. It suspended his registration for 12 months, with an immediate order and a review hearing directed.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee continued the interim conditions on dentist Lefofa Frazier Mogotsi's registration at a review hearing on 21 May 2026, keeping them in place for the remainder of the order first imposed on 20 March 2025 for 15 months. On 16 June 2026 the High Court extended the order for a further 12 months. The order will be reviewed within three months. No findings about the underlying allegations were published.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee continued the interim suspension of dental nurse Sian Rachel Porter's registration at a review hearing on 21 May 2026. The suspension remains in place for the remainder of the 18-month interim order, which was originally imposed on 16 December 2025. The Committee will review the order again in six months. No findings about the underlying allegations were published.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee continued the interim conditions on dentist Hemraj Rameshlal Luniya's registration at a review hearing on 21 May 2026, keeping them in place for the remainder of a High Court extension. An interim suspension was first imposed on 23 November 2023 and replaced with conditions on 10 May 2024. The High Court extended the order in February 2025 and again in February 2026. The order will be reviewed in six months. No findings about the underlying allegations were published.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee continued the interim conditions on dentist David Rhys Evans's registration at a review hearing on 21 May 2026. The conditions remain in place for the remainder of the 15-month interim order, which was originally imposed on 11 December 2025. The Committee will review the order again in six months. No findings about the underlying allegations were published.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mariya Holyanova, a nurse caring for a ventilated child at home in Kent, gave the child more oxygen than his care plan allowed, did not call an ambulance when his condition deteriorated, and did not supervise him on the journey to hospital. It also found she dishonestly amended the care records and an incident form to conceal the error. The panel imposed a six-month suspension order with a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim conditions of practice order for 15 months on nurse Indibil Moises Marti Cuenca at a hearing on 21 May 2026. The conditions include indirect supervision on all shifts, a medication competency assessment before administering medication, and monthly discussions covering medication management, record keeping, deteriorating patients, patient assessment and safeguarding. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC agreed to remove nurse Gurprit Poonia from its register on 21 May 2026 at her own application. A referral had alleged she failed to demonstrate the standards of knowledge, skill and judgment required to practise without supervision, including in catheterisation, record keeping and injection techniques. No allegation was found proved by a statutory committee. An Assistant Registrar decided she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse and the allegations were not likely to result in a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months on nurse Abimbola Ololade Kehinde at a hearing on 21 May 2026. She was not present or represented. The published decision records the order and its review arrangements but does not set out the underlying allegations. The order will be reviewed within six months, and a review panel may revoke, confirm or replace it.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months on nurse Kelly Nicola Smith at a hearing on 21 May 2026. She was not present or represented. The published decision records the order and its review arrangements but does not set out the underlying allegations, and the NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)
Frank Dieter Bernhard Karl Negwer
The GDC's Health Committee decided that dentist Frank Negwer's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of his health and misconduct, after he did not engage with the regulator following an earlier hearing. At a review on 20 May 2026 the Committee extended the suspension of his registration by nine months, with a further review before the order expires. The original suspension was imposed in November 2025. Much of the hearing was held in private because it concerned his health.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee continued the interim suspension of dentist Jonathan Williams' registration at a review hearing on 20 May 2026. The suspension remains in place for the remainder of the 18-month interim order, which was originally imposed on 8 December 2025. The Committee will review the order again in six months. No findings about the underlying allegations were published.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Jeremy David Isaac's fitness to practise was impaired by his conviction for fraud by false representation, and suspended his registration for 12 months with a review. Mr Isaac had pleaded guilty at Swansea Magistrates' Court to prescribing Diazepam for his own use in the names of patients and colleagues between 2015 and 2022. The Committee found impairment on public interest grounds only and did not impose an immediate order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Andre Miguel Maia Seica Neves, a senior staff nurse in Bristol, performed ECGs and a bladder scan on junior colleagues and invited them to practise procedures on him, contrary to standard training practice, and that his actions were sexually motivated, seeking sexual gratification. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and struck him off the register, imposing an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Voluntary erasure accepted(voluntary removal from the register)
The NMC decided to remove Victor Clarence Japson, an adult nurse from the Devon area, from its register by agreement on 20 May 2026. He applied for agreed removal after a referral alleged his performance did not meet required standards in areas including medication administration and wound care. No allegation was found proved; the NMC was satisfied he no longer intends to work as a registered nurse and that removal served the public interest.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a 12-month interim suspension order on Jodie Nicole Augustus, a registered adult nurse, at a hearing on 20 May 2026. The interim order is not a finding of fact: a panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee has still to deal with the allegations made against her. A panel will review the order 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 suspension order on Stephen Hicks, a registered adult nurse from the Southampton area, at a hearing on 20 May 2026. The interim order is not a finding of fact: the NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. A panel will review the order within six months and every six months after that.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee reviewed the interim conditions of practice order on Ngozi Akpara, a specialist community public health nurse and mental health nurse from the Wiltshire area, and replaced it with an interim suspension order at a hearing on 20 May 2026. This is not a finding of fact: the NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. A panel will review the suspension order within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee reviewed an interim suspension order on nurse Zoe Jenna Jobson at a hearing on 20 May 2026 and replaced it with an interim conditions of practice order. The conditions restrict her to one substantive employer, require supervision by another registered nurse, including when managing or administering medication, and require monthly reflective discussions. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee imposed conditions on the registration of dentist Hanif Moti for a period of 18 months on 19 May 2026. The order will be reviewed in six months. The conditions on Mr Moti's registration are listed on his entry in the GDC register, which records the interim order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee reviewed the interim suspension of dentist Kacper Jakub Latos on 19 May 2026 and continued it for the remainder of the 18-month order, which was originally imposed on 29 January 2025. The order is due to expire on 28 July 2026, and the GDC will apply to the High Court for an extension.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order extended(interim restrictions extended)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided at a review hearing on 19 May 2026 to continue the interim suspension on dentist Pritpal Singh Matharu's registration for the remainder of a 12-month High Court order. The suspension was first imposed on 31 March 2020 and has been extended by the High Court five times, most recently on 12 September 2025. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Warning(formally warned)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Andrew Duncan Roy Brown's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct, and issued a reprimand. He admitted failing to provide an adequate standard of care to patients between 2014 and 2022, including gaps in examinations, radiographs, consent and record keeping. The Professional Conduct Committee found the risk of repetition was low but said public confidence required a finding of impairment. 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 nurse Claire Ann Fitzpatrick, while a care home manager in Cumbria, dishonestly withdrew money from two vulnerable residents' accounts partly for her own benefit, stole money from a colleague's home, borrowed money from junior colleagues, and failed to keep proper care records or notify the Care Quality Commission of two residents' deaths. The panel ordered 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 Emma Elizabeth Doherty, a learning disabilities nurse filmed in the BBC Panorama programme about the Edenfield Centre in Manchester, made derogatory comments about vulnerable service users — including saying one "needs a good thrashing" and should be sent to prison — and failed to challenge a support worker's derogatory comment. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension covering any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that agency nurse Azeez Adewole Adewumi failed to adequately assess a post-operative patient during a 2023 night shift in Worcestershire, including not carrying out a timely bladder scan, kept inaccurate patient records, and did not treat the patient with respect and dignity. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a 12-month conditions of practice order. A dishonesty charge was found not proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Laura Coulbeck acted dishonestly by falsely telling her employer she had suffered a close family bereavement, for which she received paid compassionate leave, and by reporting pregnancy-related illness when she was not pregnant, for which she received paid sick leave. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Alison Jayne Marshall's fitness to practise was impaired after her conviction for stealing medication from the hospital where she worked. She was captured on CCTV removing medication on 12 occasions over eight days and pleaded guilty at Antrim Magistrates' Court. Finding no evidence of insight or remediation, the panel imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order on William James Hart, a registered nurse from the Havering area, at a hearing on 19 May 2026. The interim order is not a finding of fact: the NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. A panel will review the order 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 suspension order on Denise Christine Topping, a registered nurse from the Nottingham area, at a hearing on 19 May 2026. The interim order is not a finding of fact: the NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. A panel will review the order 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 Alan Wall, a learning disabilities nurse from the Carmarthenshire area, at a hearing on 19 May 2026. The conditions stop him working as a home manager or registered manager and require him to keep the NMC informed about his work and studies. This is not a finding of fact: 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 Hannah Shaheen's fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of misconduct. At a 2025 hearing she admitted harassment of three individuals through unwanted contact between 2020 and 2023, and received a six-month conditions of practice order. At this review, the tribunal decided she had fully remediated her misconduct and gained insight, and revoked the conditions order with immediate effect.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Appeal dismissed(appeal against removal dismissed)
The GDC's Registration Appeals Committee decided to dismiss Muneeb Amjad's appeal against the Registrar's refusal to register him as a dentist. The Registrar had declined the application on good character grounds after Mr Amjad submitted an altered qualification certificate in support of a separate application to join the dental care professionals register. The Committee found his actions were dishonest and was not satisfied he had demonstrated the good character required for registration.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided on 18 May 2026 to impose interim conditions on dentist Dionysios-Alkiviadis Steas's registration for a period of 15 months. The order will be reviewed in three months. The specific conditions attached to Mr Steas's registration are listed on his entry in the GDC's public register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nursing associate Gemma Louise Banks' fitness to practise was impaired after she was convicted of two offences of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, heroin and crack cocaine. The panel decided the convictions were fundamentally incompatible with her remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Thresiamma Jaison's fitness to practise remains impaired at a review of a three-month suspension order. The original panel had found proved that she administered an overdose of Lorazepam to a care home resident, failed in observations and safeguarding after the resident's fall, and was asleep on duty. The review panel replaced the suspension with a nine-month conditions of practice order restricting her nursing practice.
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 nurse Collen Chigudu while allegations against him are investigated. The conditions restrict his practice, require indirect supervision on all shifts, and cover care planning, record keeping and medication management, including the management of diabetes. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
The NMC's Investigating Committee imposed an 18-month interim conditions of practice order on children's nurse Berline Toukep while allegations against her are investigated. The conditions limit her to one substantive employer, prevent her acting as nurse in charge, and require direct supervision of her medication administration and patient assessment until she is signed off as competent. The NMC's case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer. The order will be reviewed within six months.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Preethi Suresh's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. She admitted that in February 2024 she dishonestly scanned QR codes to falsely register attendance at a cardiology training day she had not attended, generating a certificate she uploaded to her e-portfolio. Noting a previous 2021 warning for dishonesty, the tribunal suspended her registration for 12 months, directed a review, and imposed an immediate order of suspension.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
No impairment found
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Anthony Shonde's fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of misconduct. In 2025 a tribunal found he had issued over 1,000 prescriptions, mostly for opioids, through an online pharmacy without adequate clinical assessment, and suspended his registration for nine months. At this review, the tribunal decided he had developed full insight, remediated his practice and maintained his clinical skills, and revoked the suspension with immediate effect.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
No impairment found
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Helen Eisenhauer's fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of misconduct. In 2025 a tribunal found she had dishonestly booked false patient appointments and made a false entry in a patient's records during a childcare crisis, and suspended her for five months. At this review, the tribunal decided she had developed significant insight and remediated her misconduct, and revoked the suspension with immediate effect.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Lina Simaviciute had continued to fail to comply with a GMC direction to undergo a performance assessment, and that she had provided no objective evidence of a good reason for her non-compliance. The assessment had been directed after concerns were raised about her clinical performance, which cannot otherwise be investigated. The tribunal suspended her registration for a further four months and directed a review.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)
Hussameldien Abdelmunaim N. Hussien
The GDC's Interim Orders Committee decided on 15 May 2026 to impose interim conditions on dentist Hussameldien Abdelmunaim N. Hussien's registration for a period of 18 months. The order will be reviewed in six months. The specific conditions attached to Mr Hussien's registration are listed on his entry in the GDC's public register.