Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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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 Carolyn Blore, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 97I0379E).
Decision date: 2 April 2026 · Hearing started 12 May 2025 and ended 2 April 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Carolyn Blore, a registered adult nurse from Nottingham who worked as a care home registered manager, on 2 April 2026. The committee found multiple charges of misconduct proved relating to failures in resident care, infection control, and care planning at Ashford Care Home in 2022. The panel found a complete absence of insight and no realistic prospect of remediation.
Charges
While working as the registered manager of Ashford Care Home, Carolyn Blore was charged with: failing to ensure residents' physical, social, privacy, dignity and psychological needs were met; failing to ensure adequate care plans and risk assessments; failures relating to infection control and medication management; failures in safeguarding; and related failures during a CQC inspection period in 2022. Multiple charges were found proved including failures around care plans, infection control, and managing residents' needs.
Findings
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found multiple charges of misconduct proved and determined that Carolyn Blore's fitness to practise was impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The panel determined that the seriousness and breadth of the failings, together with the complete absence of insight and remediation, meant there was no realistic prospect that Ms Blore would address the concerns. The panel imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months pending the expiry of the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
• Ms Blore had a long career with no prior referrals to the regulator • The events took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period which placed significant and unprecedented strain on healthcare settings, particularly care homes
Aggravating factors
• The misconduct occurred over a sustained and prolonged period of time • There was a significant absence of insight; Ms Blore failed to demonstrate understanding of her failings, both at the time of the CQC inspection and subsequently • The misconduct involved particularly vulnerable residents, all of whom were elderly, frail, and living with multiple diagnoses • Ms Blore's actions and omissions created clear risks of harm to those in her care • Ms Blore held a senior position as Registered Manager and Clinical Lead, placing her in a position of trust with clear professional and leadership responsibilities • At the time of the CQC inspection, national guidance on managing COVID-19 and infection control was well-developed; however, Ms Blore failed to respond appropriately to that guidance
Source
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