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 Sifiso Ncube, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 17I1053S).

Decision date: 24 March 2026 · Hearing started 16 March 2026 and ended 24 March 2026

In plain English

The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Sifiso Ncube, a registered adult nurse working in Scotland, on 24 March 2026. The panel found she had hidden her NHS Tayside employment when taking a second nursing job, made false statements about her own care company's regulatory status and staff vetting to a care home and to the Care Inspectorate, and acted dishonestly in respect of those matters. The panel concluded the repeated dishonesty, deep-seated attitudinal concerns, and absence of meaningful insight made any lesser sanction insufficient to protect the public. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.

Charges

That, while employed by NHS Tayside, Ms Ncube did not disclose that employment when applying to and starting work at Cranford Care Home in March/April 2022, and did not disclose her Cranford role to NHS Tayside, and that these actions were dishonest. As director of Thurso Care Services Limited, she stated to Cranford Care Home that the company was registered with the Care Inspectorate when it was not, approved a company introduction document containing several false claims about staff registration and vetting, did not ensure appropriate background checks, displaced an existing agency at Cranford with Thurso staff, and made false declarations to the Care Inspectorate about whether Thurso had supplied nurses; her actions in respect of the company were dishonest. Most charges proved (some by admission); some not proved.

Findings

The panel found Ms Ncube's fitness to practise impaired by reason of her misconduct. The panel concluded the misconduct involved repeated acts of dishonesty and demonstrated deep-seated attitudinal concerns, that she had failed to demonstrate meaningful insight, and that her behaviour was incompatible with remaining on the register. A suspension order would not address public protection or public confidence given the pattern of dishonesty, the deep-seated attitudinal concerns, and the panel's view that there was no realistic prospect she would develop insight or return to safe practice within a reasonable period.

Mitigating factors

Part admissions. Good character.

Aggravating factors

A continued attempt to deceive. A potential for financial gain. The conduct was not opportunistic or spontaneous. Detrimental effects on service providers.

Source

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