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Dental nurseGeneral Dental Council 293689

Sharnie-Leigh Owens

Currently suspended

Sharnie-Leigh Owens, dental nurse (General Dental Council 293689). Most recent decision: Struck off the register (the regulator’s term: erasure) on 1 April 2026 by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.

Last verified against the General Dental Council register on 30 April 2026.

Current status

Most recent outcome: Struck off the register (the regulator’s term: erasure), decided 1 April 2026 by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.

What does “struck off the register” mean?

Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.

View the source determination on Dental Professionals Hearings Service

Decisions and hearings

  1. Dental Professionals Hearings Servicesubstantive hearing

    Struck off the register

    The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Owens, a dental nurse, had her fitness to practise found impaired by reason of misconduct and adverse health following a Health Committee hearing held in private. The tribunal directed that her name be erased from the dental care professionals register, with an immediate suspension order pending the appeal period.

Practitioner details

Year qualified
2020

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