Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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Concerning Rebecca Chappelle, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 17F0010W).
Decision date: 17 February 2026 · Hearing started 9 February 2026 and ended 17 February 2026
In plain English
The NMC found that Miss Rebecca Chappelle, a registered adult nurse, engaged in sustained bullying, intimidation and racially motivated discrimination toward overseas colleagues at a care home between December 2021 and March 2023. The panel found 14 charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and determined she demonstrated no insight or remorse. A striking-off order was imposed. Miss Chappelle did not attend and had not engaged with the proceedings.
Charges
Between December 2021 and March 2023, as a registered nurse working at a care home, Miss Chappelle: ignored and shouted at overseas colleagues; made racially discriminatory comments toward them; subjected multiple colleagues to bullying and intimidation over an extended period; and created a toxic working environment that inhibited colleagues from escalating patient safety concerns.
Findings
The panel found charges 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6a and 6b proved. It found her fitness to practise currently impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel determined the misconduct was sustained, racially motivated and discriminatory, involved abuse of a position of authority over junior and overseas colleagues, and was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. Miss Chappelle did not attend, had not engaged with the process, and demonstrated no insight, remorse or remediation. A striking-off order was imposed.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Aggravating factors
• abuse of a position of trust • conduct which was borderline deliberate or reckless which puts people receiving care at risk of suffering harm • deliberate breaches of the Code • a pattern of misconduct over an extended period of time towards multiple colleagues • failure to attend hearings, or to engage in the Fitness to Practise (FtP) process, without good reason • absence of insight and remorse • vulnerability of the person receiving care • premeditated behaviour • failure to work collaboratively with colleagues • actual psychological and emotional harm • discriminatory behaviour towards colleagues
Source
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