Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel strikes off Iain Scott Laing over sexually aggravated behaviour conviction
The NMC struck nurse Iain Scott Laing off the register after a panel found his fitness to practise impaired by a conviction for threatening or abusive behaviour with sexual aggravation.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 20 August 2026 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Iain Scott Laing, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 93Y0057S).
Decision date: 20 August 2026 · Hearing started 20 August 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee struck Iain Scott Laing off the register after finding his fitness to practise impaired by a conviction for threatening or abusive behaviour with sexual aggravation. The panel found a continuing risk of repetition, limited insight, no meaningful remediation and a serious breach of trust involving repeated conduct in a family home.
Charges
The charge concerned Iain Scott Laing's 28 January 2025 conviction for threatening or abusive behaviour likely to cause fear or alarm. The conduct involved repeated unauthorised visits to private areas of a neighbour's home and taking underwear from the bedroom of a 13-year-old child.
Findings
The panel found the charge proved by the extract of conviction and found current impairment on public protection and public interest grounds. It identified a continuing risk of repetition, limited insight, no meaningful remediation and conduct it considered fundamentally incompatible with remaining registered. It directed that Iain Scott Laing be struck off the register.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Mr Laing pleaded guilty to the criminal offence; informed his employer; self-referred the matter to the NMC.
Aggravating factors
the sexually motivated nature of the conduct; the conduct occurred on more than one occasion over a period of several days; there was a serious breach of trust; the circumstances involved a child under the age of 16; Mr Laing was placed on the Sex Offender Register; there was limited insight and no evidence of meaningful remediation; Mr Laing appears to have disengaged from the regulatory process with his last contact with the NMC dating back to January 2026.
Source
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