Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — voluntary removal
Voluntary removal from the register
The regulator’s term: voluntary erasure accepted
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 Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 20H0032W).
Decision date: 9 February 2026
In plain English
The NMC agreed to remove Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies from the register following her application for agreed removal. She had been convicted of making false instruments and stealing Zopiclone tablets and NHS prescriptions from Morriston Hospital, and was sentenced to a suspended prison term. The NMC's Assistant Registrar was satisfied that Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies no longer intended to work as a registered nurse and that agreed removal served the public interest.
Charges
Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies was convicted on 22 August 2024 at West Glamorgan Magistrates' Court of Making a False Instrument x3 (contrary to the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981), Theft of Zopiclone tablets from Cyril Evans Ward at Morriston Hospital, and Theft of NHS WP10 prescriptions (contrary to the Theft Act 1968). On 8 November 2024 at Swansea Crown Court she was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months, a 12-month Mental Health Order, 150 hours unpaid work and 15 days Rehabilitation Activity.
Findings
The Assistant Registrar was satisfied that Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies no longer intends to work as a registered nurse; that although serious, in the circumstances the allegations are not likely to result in a striking-off order (no evidence she was supplying medication to others, no direct risk of harm to people receiving care, demonstrated apology and insight); and that agreed removal serves the public interest.
Source
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