Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC orders Kiran Farooq struck off following drug supply convictions
The NMC ordered striking off after convictions for involvement in supplying Class A drugs. It imposed interim suspension during the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 11 September 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Kiran Farooq, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 13I2739S).
Decision date: 11 September 2026 · Hearing started 11 September 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Kiran Farooq to be struck off following convictions for involvement in supplying cocaine and ecstasy. The panel found insufficient insight or remediation and concluded that the serious drug offences were incompatible with continued registration. It acknowledged that the offending had not directly put patients at risk, but found wider public protection and confidence concerns. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Charges
The case concerned two convictions on 4 August 2025 at the High Court of Justiciary in Glasgow for being concerned in the supply of cocaine and ecstasy. The decision records guilty pleas and a four-year prison sentence. As a conviction case, the panel proceeded directly to impairment rather than making new findings on disputed criminal facts.
Findings
The NMC panel found impairment on public protection and public interest grounds. It noted that the offending was outside nursing practice and had not directly put patients at risk, but found serious wider-public risks and insufficient insight or remediation. It considered the convictions incompatible with continued registration and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period. Absent an appeal, the final order replaces the interim order 28 days after written notification. The sanction was striking off, not agreed removal.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Aggravating factors
• Deliberate breaches of the Code. • Seriousness of the criminal behaviour which resulted in a sentence of imprisonment of four years.
Source
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