Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — voluntary removal
Voluntary removal from the register
The regulator’s term: voluntary erasure accepted
What does “voluntary removal from the register” mean?
The practitioner asked to be removed from the register and the regulator accepted the request. This may happen during or after a fitness-to-practise case.
Concerning Yvette Walker, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 81H0381E).
Decision date: 17 March 2026
In plain English
The NMC accepted Yvette Walker's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 17 March 2026. Ms Walker, a registered adult nurse from Yorkshire, had been referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee over allegations that, as a clinical manager and practice nurse, she had kept inaccurate or incomplete records, had been dishonest in backdating records, and had instructed another member of staff to record inaccurate entries. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied the allegations were not likely to result in striking off and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
Charges
It was alleged that, as a Clinical Manager and Practice Nurse, Yvette Walker made a series of errors and failings in her role in relation to record keeping, specifically that records were incomplete or inaccurate and that she was dishonest in backdating medical records. It was further alleged that she demonstrated poor leadership in that she instructed another member of staff to record inaccurate entries on patient records. No allegation had been substantively proved by a statutory committee.
Findings
The NMC's Assistant Registrar agreed to Ms Walker's removal from the NMC register, having taken into account her agreed removal application, telephone notes, her reflective account, the case examiner investigation report and decision, her interests, and the public interest. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied that she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse, the allegations were not likely to result in a striking-off order, there were no other good reasons requiring further consideration, and the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
Source
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