Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel strikes off nurse David Mott after findings he missed residents' medication
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has imposed a striking-off order on nurse David Mott, finding he had shown no insight into proven failings to administer medication to residents during a night shift and had told the regulator he would not return to nursing.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 7 July 2026 · Updated 12 July 2026
Erasure (struck off the register)
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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 David Anthony Mott, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 00I1102E).
Decision date: 7 July 2026 · Hearing started 7 July 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that David Mott's fitness to practise remains impaired and decided to impose a striking-off order. Reviewing a suspension order that followed findings he did not administer prescribed medication to numerous residents during a night shift, the panel said he had shown no insight or remorse, had told the NMC he did not intend to return to nursing, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. The order takes effect on 19 August 2026.
Charges
The charges found proved at the original substantive hearing related to a night shift at Ascot Nursing Home between 7 and 8 September 2020. They were that Mr Mott did not administer prescribed medication to nine residents, including amitriptyline, atorvastatin, zopiclone, simvastatin, eye drops, trimethoprim, omeprazole, nitrofurantoin, apixaban, donepezil, baclofen, nitrazepam, quinine, docusate, mirtazapine, cefalexin and prescribed inhalers; that he did not check the syringe driver for one resident during the night; that he did not administer morphine 10mg subcutaneously to that resident during the night; and that he wrote over an audit completed in red ink as a stock check, in black ink. His fitness to practise was found impaired by reason of misconduct.
Findings
This was the fourth review of a substantive suspension order originally imposed on 20 September 2023. The panel had regard to Mr Mott's email to the NMC of 26 January 2026 stating that he had no intention of returning to nursing or care work and no intention of seeking training in medication administration. It found he had been given ample time, opportunity and guidance on what a reviewing panel would wish to see, and had provided no evidence of insight, reflection or strengthened practice. The panel determined there had been no material change since the last review, that a risk of repetition remained, and that a finding of continuing impairment was necessary on both public protection and public interest grounds, noting that registrants have an obligation to engage with their regulator whether or not they intend to practise. At sanction, the panel found it was not possible to devise workable conditions of practice, and that a further period of suspension would serve no useful purpose given he had already been suspended for almost three years. It considered allowing the order to lapse with impairment but decided that was not appropriate, and concluded there was no alternative to a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 19 August 2026.
Source
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