Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC strikes off William Russell Dunn over sexual misconduct towards colleague
An NMC panel ordered William Russell Dunn’s striking off over sexually motivated misconduct towards a colleague and an offensive remark to a patient’s wife. A separate allegation involving another patient was not proved.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 3 September 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning William Russell Dunn, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 79Y0573E).
Decision date: 3 September 2026 · Hearing started 1 September 2026 and ended 3 September 2026
In plain English
The NMC found that William Russell Dunn engaged in sexually motivated misconduct towards a junior colleague and made an offensive comment to a patient’s wife. A separate allegation concerning another patient was not proved. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and ordered striking off, citing a lack of insight or remediation. It imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
Charges
The charges concerned sexually explicit stories and comments to a junior colleague during a January 2020 home visit, sexual motivation, an offensive remark to a patient’s wife, and an alleged question to another patient about sexual gratification.
Findings
Charges 1 to 4 and charge 6 in relation to charge 4 were proved. The panel found sexually motivated misconduct towards a junior colleague and an offensive comment that breached professional boundaries towards a patient’s wife. Charge 5, concerning an alleged question to Patient B, was not proved. The panel found current impairment on public protection and public interest grounds, with no evidence of insight, remorse or remediation. It directed striking off and separately imposed an 18-month interim suspension during the appeal period. Without an appeal, striking off takes effect 28 days after written service.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Aggravating factors
• absence of insight • abuse of a position of trust • conduct which deliberately or recklessly put a vulnerable person receiving care at risk of suffering harm • failure to work collaboratively with colleagues • deliberate breaches of the Code • failure to attend a Fitness to Practice hearing without explanation • a persistent pattern of misconduct during one shift • misconduct towards two people, Colleague A and Patient A’s wife, who were vulnerable for different reasons
Source
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