Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — restoration hearing
NMC grants Sandra Kudenga restoration subject to return-to-practice requirements
The NMC found full insight and sustained remediation, with negligible repetition risk. Restoration depends on meeting return-to-practice requirements and paying the fee; no practice conditions were imposed.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 2 September 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
Restoration granted (restored to the register)
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What does “restored to the register” mean?
A practitioner who had been struck off applied for restoration to the register and the application was granted.
Concerning Sandra Kudenga, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 09C0103E).
Decision date: 2 September 2026 · Hearing started 9 July 2026 and ended 2 September 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee granted Sandra Kudenga's restoration application, subject to completing the applicable return-to-practice requirements and paying the fee. The panel found full insight, sustained trustworthy conduct and a negligible risk of repeating the dishonesty behind her 2018 striking off. It considered no conditions of practice necessary. Registration will become effective only after the specified requirements are met.
Charges
The restoration application followed striking off in August 2018 over dishonest study-leave claims, misleading colleagues, undeclared secondary employment and agency work during sick or study leave. The 2018 findings were historical background, not fresh allegations. A first restoration application in April 2024 had been unsuccessful.
Findings
The NMC panel granted the second restoration application, subject to satisfying return-to-practice requirements and paying the prescribed fee before registration becomes effective. It found full insight, accepted responsibility without minimisation, credible evidence of sustained trustworthy care work and financial record-keeping, and relevant learning. It considered repetition risk negligible and restoration consistent with public confidence. No conditions of practice order was needed; the return-to-practice requirement is a prerequisite to restoration rather than such an order. The decision does not establish that the prerequisites have since been fulfilled or that registration is currently effective.
Source
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