Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel strikes off nurse Nyarari Hwayire after medication errors review
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has ordered that nurse Nyarari Hwayire be struck off the register, finding limited insight into medication errors and other misconduct after two years under a conditions of practice order.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 1 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 Nyarari Hwayire, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 07C0943E).
Decision date: 1 May 2026 · Hearing started 1 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Nyarari Hwayire's fitness to practise remained impaired when it reviewed her conditions of practice order on 1 May 2026. The original case involved medication errors, unprofessional behaviour towards a colleague, and storing photographs of medication charts on her personal phone. The panel found limited insight and no evidence of strengthened practice, and decided a striking-off order was the only sanction that would protect the public. The order takes effect on 10 June 2026.
Charges
Charges found proved at the original hearing: in July 2020, incorrectly wrote medication on a resident's MAR chart reflecting another resident's medication; failed to administer Alendronic acid to a resident; failed to administer Apixaban to a resident on multiple dates; administered an incorrect dose of Fludrocortisone to a resident on three dates; failed to sign for the administration of Insulin; behaved in an unprofessional manner towards a colleague by shouting aggressively and calling them 'incompetent'; failed to maintain patient confidentiality by taking and storing photographic images of patient medication administration charts on her personal mobile telephone; and on 24 November 2022 sent an inappropriate email to the NMC.
Findings
At a substantive order review meeting on 1 May 2026, the panel found Ms Hwayire's fitness to practise remains impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds. It found she had demonstrated insufficient insight, continued to attribute blame to others, and provided no evidence of strengthened practice or a demonstrable period of safe practice. The panel determined a further conditions of practice order would not be workable and a suspension order would serve no useful purpose, and concluded the only sanction that would adequately protect the public and serve the public interest was a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 10 June 2026 upon expiry of the current conditions of practice order.
Source
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