Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel strikes off nurse Animol Puthanpurackal Thomas over patient care failings
A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel has directed that adult nurse Animol Puthanpurackal Thomas be struck off the register when her suspension expires on 24 June 2026, citing medication errors and other proved failings in patient care and her lack of engagement since March 2023.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 18 June 2026 · Updated 9 July 2026
Erasure (struck off the register)
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What does “struck off the register” mean?
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 Animol Puthanpurackal Thomas, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 22C1767O).
Decision date: 18 June 2026 · Hearing started 18 June 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 18 June 2026 to replace adult nurse Animol Puthanpurackal Thomas's suspension with a striking-off order, taking effect on 24 June 2026. The original panel found misconduct including medication errors, failing to recognise a patient's seizure, and incorrectly attempting to lift a patient, and that she lacked the necessary knowledge of English to practise safely. The review panel noted no engagement since March 2023 and no evidence of insight or remediation.
Charges
The charges found proved at the original hearing were that, as a registered nurse, on 11 February 2022 whilst a pre-registered Band 4 nurse she failed to recognise that a patient was having a seizure and failed to escalate the incident by pulling the alarm bell; on 1 April 2022 failed to check a patient's stool chart and failed to recognise when prompted whether a patient should be given their medication; on 26 April 2022 drew up the incorrect dosage of insulin, pushed tablets into a patient's mouth and poured water into their mouth, and incorrectly attempted to lift a patient. A separate charge found proved was that between 12 November 2021 and 12 May 2022 she did not have the necessary knowledge of English to practise safely and effectively.
Findings
At this second review of a substantive suspension order first imposed on 24 May 2024 and extended in June 2025, the panel found that Ms Puthanpurackal Thomas's fitness to practise remains impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds, noting no engagement with the NMC since March 2023 and no evidence of insight, remediation, strengthened practice or improved knowledge of English. It concluded that a further suspension order would serve no useful purpose. The panel noted that striking-off was not available for the lack of knowledge of English component, as there had not been a continuous two-year period of suspension, but was available for the misconduct component. It directed the Registrar to strike her name off the register, the order to take effect upon expiry of the current suspension order at the end of 24 June 2026 in accordance with Article 30(1).
Source
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