Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC panel strikes off nurse Tracy Ann Ellis over racist Facebook posts
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has struck off nurse Tracy Ann Ellis after a panel found she shared racist and offensive Facebook posts and comments about immigrants and ethnic minorities over a two-year period, seeking to cause offence and incite hatred.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 May 2026 · Updated 10 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 Tracy Ann Ellis, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 12B0222E).
Decision date: 22 May 2026 · Hearing started 19 May 2026 and ended 22 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Tracy Ann Ellis shared posts and wrote comments on Facebook about immigrants and ethnic minorities over about two years, and that her actions were offensive, racist and racially motivated, seeking to cause offence and incite hatred. Finding limited insight and a continuing risk of repetition, the panel imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order pending any appeal.
Charges
That between 2022 and 2024 she: (1) shared one or more posts relating to ethnic minorities to her Facebook profile; (2) shared one or more posts relating to immigrants to her Facebook profile; (3) wrote comments on Facebook regarding immigrants and/or ethnic minorities; (4) her actions were inappropriate and/or offensive; (5) her actions were racist; and (6) her actions were racially motivated in that she sought to cause offence to, and to incite hatred towards, immigrants and/or ethnic minorities. All charges found proved.
Findings
The panel found that Miss Ellis repeatedly shared and wrote racist, discriminatory and offensive Facebook posts and comments about immigrants and ethnic minorities over approximately two years, going far beyond legitimate political debate, and that the conduct was racially motivated, seeking to cause offence and incite hatred. It found her insight limited and superficial, her remediation limited, and the underlying deep-seated attitudinal issues unaddressed, leaving a risk of repetition. Fitness to practise was found currently impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds, and the panel concluded the conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Early admission of the facts; apologies to anyone affected; some efforts to prevent similar behaviour occurring again, including deleting her Facebook account; some reflective accounts and evidence of limited training.
Aggravating factors
Conduct which deliberately or recklessly puts people receiving care at risk of suffering harm; a pattern of misconduct over a period of time; failure to attend hearings or to engage in the fitness to practise process without good reason; absence of or limited insight; failure to work collaboratively with colleagues.
Source
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