Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC strikes off nurse John Charters after assault convictions involving care home residents
A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel has struck John Andrew Charters off the register after he was convicted of assaulting two care home residents in incidents in 2014 and 2022. The panel found the Inverness-based nurse lacked insight into his convictions.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 27 May 2026 · Updated 11 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 John Andrew Charters, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 98I0051S).
Decision date: 27 May 2026 · Hearing started 26 May 2026 and ended 27 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that John Andrew Charters, a mental health and adult nurse from Inverness, was convicted in April 2024 of assaulting two care home residents, in 2014 and 2022. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, decided a striking-off order was the only sufficient sanction, and directed that he be struck off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period.
Charges
That being a registered nurse, on 22 April 2024 at Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court he was convicted of two charges: that on 2 December 2022 at a care home in Maryburgh he assaulted Resident A and did repeatedly pull him on the body to his injury; and that on 1 February 2014 at a care home in Grantown on Spey he assaulted Resident B and did strike her on the body. In light of the above, his fitness to practise was alleged to be impaired by reason of his conviction.
Findings
Having been provided with a copy of the certificate of conviction, the panel found the facts proved in accordance with Rule 31(2) and (3). The panel found that limbs a to c of the Grant test were engaged, that patients were put at risk of harm and caused physical and emotional harm, and that Mr Charters lacked sufficient insight into his convictions, with a risk of repetition. It found his fitness to practise currently impaired on public protection and public interest grounds. The panel determined that a striking-off order was the only sanction sufficient to protect the public interest, and imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months to cover the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The panel considered whether there were any mitigating features in this case and determined there were none.
Aggravating factors
Serious assaults on two vulnerable residents from two different care homes, indicating a pattern of behaviour over a period of time rather than a single lapse of judgement; incidents directly linked to his clinical practice, with the nature of the charges indicating an attitudinal concern not easily remediable; previous regulatory and disciplinary findings; failure to demonstrate any insight into the impact of his behaviour on both residents, their families and the wider nursing profession; and the impact of his behaviour on the residents, their families and his colleagues.
Source
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