Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
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 Ms Kassandra Spence, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 20J0590E).
Decision date: 2 April 2026 · Hearing started 11 December 2025 and ended 2 April 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ms Kassandra Spence, a registered adult nurse, had her fitness to practise impaired by reason of a criminal conviction. The panel ordered her erasure from the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order. The substantive hearing concluded on 2 April 2026 and was held entirely in private under Rule 19 of the NMC's Fitness to Practise Rules; the underlying details of the conviction are not publicly disclosed.
Charges
The case concerned a criminal conviction. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19 of the NMC's Fitness to Practise Rules 2004; the underlying details of the charges are not publicly disclosed.
Findings
Charges 1 and 2 were proved by admission. The panel found Ms Spence's fitness to practise impaired by reason of conviction.
Source
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