Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — review hearing
GDC Health Committee extends dental nurse Sara Ann Morgan's suspension on health grounds
The GDC's Health Committee has extended dental nurse Sara Ann Morgan's suspension by a further 12 months, finding her fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health, while deciding she is no longer impaired by a 2021 drink-driving conviction.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 28 April 2026 · Updated 10 July 2026
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Sara Ann Morgan, dental nurse (General Dental Council 137229).
Decision date: 28 April 2026 · Hearing started 28 April 2026
In plain English
The GDC's Health Committee decided at a review hearing on 28 April 2026 to extend the suspension of dental nurse Sara Ann Morgan's registration by a further 12 months, with a review before it expires. The committee found she was no longer impaired by reason of a 2021 drink-driving conviction, but that her fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health, which she had not shown had been addressed. Much of the hearing was held in private.
Charges
The initial Health Committee hearing in April 2025 found proved that on 27 May 2021 Ms Morgan was convicted at Lincolnshire Magistrates Court of driving a motor vehicle on 9 May 2021 after consuming alcohol exceeding the prescribed limit, contrary to section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and that she had an adverse health condition (details heard in private).
Findings
At a review hearing on 28 April 2026, the Health Committee determined that Ms Morgan's fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of her conviction, noting a single offence approximately five years ago with no repetition and a very low risk of recurrence. However, it determined that her fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of her adverse health, as she had not engaged with the GDC, provided no evidence of insight or information about her current health, and there had been no material change since the substantive hearing. Conditions were found unworkable given her lack of engagement, and the suspension was extended by 12 months with a review before expiry. The hearing was held in private to protect her private and family life; the public determination redacts the private material.
Source
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