Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
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.
Concerning Aaron David Swanton, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 97I4094E).
Decision date: 17 March 2026 · Hearing started 17 March 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Aaron David Swanton, a registered adult nurse from Doncaster, on 17 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. He had previously been suspended for 12 months from February 2025 over misconduct and health-related matters that were heard in private. The panel found he had not engaged with the regulatory process, had not provided evidence of insight or remediation, and that a striking-off order was the appropriate sanction. The order will take effect at the end of 25 March 2026 when the current suspension expires.
Charges
The original substantive matters concerned misconduct and health-related issues. The substantive content of the original charges and the panel's reasoning on impairment and sanction were heard entirely in private under Rule 19 and are not stated in the public record.
Findings
The panel found Mr Swanton's fitness to practise remains impaired. The original panel had found him to have very limited insight, and at this review there was no evidence before the panel to suggest he had developed further insight, made progress towards addressing the concerns, or provided any updated evidence. The panel concluded that the case does not relate solely to health matters and that a continuing finding of impairment was required.
Source
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