Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — voluntary removal
NMC agrees removal of nurse Wilson Kaungwa amid record-keeping and honesty concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has agreed an application by Dorset mental health nurse Wilson Kaungwa to leave its register while concerns including record-keeping and working shifts while on paid sick leave were unresolved. No allegation was found proved by a statutory committee.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 15 July 2026 · Updated 18 July 2026
Voluntary erasure accepted (voluntary removal from the register)
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What does “voluntary removal from the register” mean?
The practitioner asked to be removed from the register and the regulator accepted the request. This may happen during or after a fitness-to-practise case.
Concerning Wilson Kaungwa, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 06L0123E).
Decision date: 15 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC agreed an application from Wilson Kaungwa, a mental health nurse from Dorset, to be removed from its register. Concerns raised in 2024 included poor record-keeping, sleeping on duty, and dishonestly working three shifts for one organisation while on paid sick leave from another, which he accepted and said he deeply regretted. No allegation was found proved by a statutory committee. The Assistant Registrar decided the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
Charges
Concerns raised in 2024 related to: poor record-keeping; poor communication; inadequately assessing a patient and failing to treat them with care and dignity; sleeping on duty; dishonestly working three shifts at one organisation while on paid sick leave from another; and not disclosing a previous employer on a job application. He appeared to accept the record-keeping concerns and accepted working three shifts while on paid sick leave, which he said he deeply regretted; he denied sleeping on duty.
Findings
No allegation was found substantively proved by a statutory committee; some concerns had been considered by case examiners and others had not. The Assistant Registrar agreed Wilson Kaungwa's application for removal from the NMC register, satisfied that he no longer intends to work as a registered nurse, that the allegations, although serious, were not likely to result in a striking-off order, that there were no other good reasons requiring further consideration of the allegations at this time, and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal. A record of the decision is published for twelve months from 15 July 2026.
Source
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