Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel strikes off nurse Adria Pearce over dishonest taking of ward medication
A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel has ordered the striking-off of Leicester nurse Adria Pearce, whose fitness to practise was found still impaired after she dishonestly took medication from a hospital ward and did not re-engage with the regulator during her suspension.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 17 June 2026 · Updated 8 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 Adria Pearce, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 14H0087E).
Decision date: 17 June 2026 · Hearing started 17 June 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review meeting on 17 June 2026 to strike Adria Pearce, an adult nurse from Leicester, off the register. Her 12-month suspension followed proven charges of dishonestly taking dihydrocodeine and codeine phosphate from a ward medication cupboard at Glenfield Hospital. The panel found she remained impaired, having not engaged with the NMC since 2022, and the striking-off order takes effect on 31 July 2026.
Charges
The charges found proved at the substantive hearing were that, while working as a registered nurse at Glenfield Hospital, on 30 April 2021 she took dihydrocodeine and codeine phosphate from the medication cupboard on a ward without authorisation and/or clinical justification, and that these actions were dishonest in that she took medication that did not belong to her.
Findings
At the first review of a 12-month suspension order imposed on 3 July 2025, the panel found that Miss Pearce's fitness to practise remains impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds. She had not engaged with the NMC since July 2022 and provided no reflection, insight or evidence of strengthened practice, despite the substantive panel's recommendations. The panel determined that a further period of suspension would not serve any useful purpose and that the only sanction that would adequately protect the public and serve the public interest was a striking-off order, taking effect upon the expiry of the current suspension order at the end of 31 July 2026.
Source
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