Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
Added to MedicWatch: 17 August 2026Report a correction
What does “struck off the register” mean?
The regulator directed removal from the register in this decision. The decision explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions. Check the official register for the practitioner's current registration status.
Concerning Asha Thomas Thoppram, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 05C0768O).
Decision date: 6 August 2026 · Hearing started 6 August 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Asha Thomas Thoppram was convicted of common assault on 16 July 2025. The determination records that she was witnessed shouting and striking a resident's leg with a mop during a night shift at a nursing home. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of the conviction, citing limited insight, and made a striking-off order with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
Charges
That you, a registered nurse: 1. On 16 July 2025 were convicted of: Common assault, contrary to s.39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. AND in light of the above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your conviction.
Findings
The panel found the charge proved on the certificate of conviction under Rule 31(2) and (3). The determination records that on the night shift of 24 to 25 November 2024 Ms Thoppram, the nurse in charge at Elderflower Nursing and Residential Home, was witnessed shouting and striking Resident A's leg with a mop, that Resident A was visibly distressed, and that she was dismissed for gross misconduct and later pleaded guilty to common assault. The panel found limbs a to c of the Grant test engaged, that Resident A was harmed and subjected to physical force, and that the conviction breached the fundamental tenets of the nursing profession. It found very limited evidence of insight or remorse, no evidence of steps to strengthen practice, and a risk of repetition, and determined that her fitness to practise is impaired on public protection and public interest grounds. The meeting proceeded in her absence and no representations were made by either party. The panel made a striking-off order and imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months to cover the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The panel did not set out a list of mitigating features. It took into consideration that Ms Thoppram pleaded guilty, and made admissions during the Home's disciplinary process.
Aggravating factors
The panel took into account the following aggravating features: a vulnerable patient was harmed; lack of insight; and lack of remorse.
Source
All facts on this page are drawn from the publicly published Nursing and Midwifery Council determination linked below. MedicWatch does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
Spot something incorrect?
If a fact on this page is wrong, or you believe the page should not be published, please submit a correction or takedown request.