Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel strikes off nurse Simon Mudepu over sexual misconduct towards junior colleagues
An NMC Fitness to Practise Committee panel has struck mental health nurse Simon Mudepu off the register, finding he engaged in sexually motivated conduct and harassment towards two junior female colleagues, including unwanted physical contact.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 28 May 2026 · Updated 10 July 2026
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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 Simon Mudepu, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 92B0399E).
Decision date: 28 May 2026 · Hearing started 20 May 2026 and ended 28 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Simon Mudepu, a mental health nurse from North Yorkshire, engaged in sexually motivated conduct and harassment towards two junior female colleagues between February and July 2024, including unwanted physical contact and comments. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
Charges
Between February and July 2024, Mr Mudepu, then a Clinical Lead, made personal comments to Colleague A, a healthcare assistant, offered shift favours, held and/or stroked her hand, and put his arm around her; on 6 July 2024 he took her hand, put his hand around her shoulder, and took hold of her arm to demonstrate a restraint. He booked a night shift for Colleague A after she said she was unavailable and told her she would have to 'get on the night shifts'. He also touched and/or slapped Colleague B on the lower back. The panel found the conduct towards both colleagues was sexually motivated, unwanted, related to their sex, of a sexual nature, and had the effect of violating their dignity or creating an intimidating, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. All charges (1a-1d, 2a-2c, 3, 4a-4d, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10a-10d) were found proved.
Findings
The panel found all charges proved and determined that Mr Mudepu's actions fell seriously short of the standards expected of a registered nurse and amounted to misconduct. It found he abused his senior position as Clinical Lead, with a clear power imbalance of banding and age — Colleague A was 18 years old and new to her role. His fitness to practise was found currently impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds, with a high risk of repetition; the misconduct occurred while he was already subject to a three-year caution order for similar concerns. The panel made a striking-off order, concluding his actions were fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Partial early admission of the facts; apologies to anyone affected; some relevant training courses; limited reflective accounts.
Aggravating factors
Abuse of a position of trust; deliberate breaches of the Code; a pattern of misconduct over a period of time; previous regulatory or disciplinary findings; limited insight; vulnerability of the person subject to Mr Mudepu's actions in so far as Colleague A was very young and new to her role; premeditated behaviour; predatory behaviour; failure to work collaboratively with colleagues.
Source
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