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 Darin Keith Burghes, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 88E0161S).
Decision date: 14 April 2026 · Hearing started 14 April 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Darin Keith Burghes, a registered nurse, remains impaired and replaced his existing 12-month suspension order with a striking-off order taking effect at the end of 25 May 2026. The original 2020 incident involved shouting at Patient A, shouting 'bastard' towards her, and banging a glass bottle on the table in her room. The panel found no evidence of insight, remorse or remediation, and a sustained lack of engagement with the regulatory process.
Charges
The original substantive hearing found proved that, on 19 July 2020, the registrant: (1a) shouted at Patient A; (1b) shouted 'bastard' towards Patient A; (1c) banged a glass bottle on the table in Patient A's room; and (2) by his conduct in one or more of charges 1(a) to (c) created an intimidating and/or hostile and/or degrading and/or humiliating environment for Patient A.
Findings
The Fitness to Practise Committee, conducting a Substantive Order Review Meeting on the papers, took into account the registrant's lack of engagement with the regulatory process and the absence of evidence of insight, remorse, remediation or strengthened practice in the areas of concern identified by the original panel. The panel determined that there remains a risk of repetition and that a finding of impairment is necessary on both public protection and public interest grounds. The panel concluded that no workable conditions of practice could be formulated and that a further period of suspension would not serve any useful purpose given the registrant's sustained lack of engagement. Applying the NMC sanctions guidance (SAN-3) on deciding between suspension and strike-off, the panel determined that the only sanction that would adequately protect the public and serve the public interest was a striking-off order, replacing the existing 12-month suspension order on its expiry on 25 May 2026.
Source
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