Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing

NMC panel strikes off nurse Florence Fayomi over dishonest 999 call and care failings

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has struck nurse Florence Ayodele Fayomi off its register after a panel found she dishonestly told a 999 operator her care home had a defibrillator and that her care of vulnerable residents fell seriously short of expected standards.

MedicWatch editorial · Published 29 April 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 Florence Ayodele Fayomi, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 03A0310O).

Decision date: 29 April 2026 · Hearing started 20 April 2026 and ended 29 April 2026

In plain English

The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Florence Ayodele Fayomi dishonestly told a 999 operator that the care home where she worked had a defibrillator when it did not, left a resident during a life-threatening emergency, failed to reposition a vulnerable resident, and did not carry out checks after another resident's unwitnessed fall. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and directed that she be struck off the register, imposing an 18-month interim suspension order.

Charges

On 24 February 2019, in relation to Resident A: providing incorrect information to a 999 operator by stating the care home had an automated external defibrillator (AED); saying she was going to get the AED when she knew this to be untrue; not providing clear details (the resident's date of birth and DNAR status); not following the operator's instructions; leaving Resident A to attend to another resident's PEG feed; and dishonesty in seeking to create the impression the home had an AED. On 22/23 September 2019, failing to turn Resident B every two hours per their care plan. On 26 September 2019: attempting to use a hoist to transfer Resident C from the lounge to their bedroom and applying two incontinence pads instead of one; and, after Resident D's unwitnessed fall, not checking for physical or head injuries, vital signs or pain, and inappropriately pulling the resident by the wrists. Charge 5 alleged a breach of the duty of candour by knowingly providing inconsistent explanations to conceal her actions.

Findings

The panel found charges 1(a)-(f), 2, 3(a)-(b), 4(a)-(e) and 5 proved, including that Mrs Fayomi's conduct in relation to the 999 call was dishonest and that she breached the professional duty of candour; charges 4(f)-(h) were found not proved. The panel determined the conduct amounted to serious professional misconduct and that her fitness to practise is currently impaired on grounds of both public protection and the wider public interest, finding no evidence of insight or remediation and a significant risk of repetition. It imposed a striking-off order, and an interim suspension order for 18 months to cover the appeal period.

Aggravating factors

Mrs Fayomi was in a position of trust and abused that trust; deliberate breaches of the Code; a complete lack of insight into her failings and the risks created; a pattern of misconduct over a period of several months; failure to properly engage with the regulatory process; the residents were extremely vulnerable because of their age, medical conditions, physical limitations and dependence on nursing staff; failure to work collaboratively with colleagues; conduct that put residents at risk of suffering serious harm; protracted dishonesty, including a breach of the duty of candour

Source

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