Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review 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 Miss Heather Elisabeth Taylor, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 16B2518E).

Decision date: 2 April 2026 · Hearing started 2 April 2026

In plain English

The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found at a substantive order review hearing on 2 April 2026 that Miss Heather Elisabeth Taylor, a registered adult nurse, remained impaired and ordered her erasure from the register. She was originally suspended for 12 months in January 2026 after being convicted of drink driving in 2023 and failing to disclose the charge to her employer. The review panel found no engagement and replaced the suspension with a striking-off order taking effect on 12 May 2026.

Charges

Miss Taylor was charged with: (1) on 24 January 2023 being convicted at Telford Magistrates' Court of driving a motor vehicle on 13 December 2022 with 75 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the prescribed limit; (2) on 13 December 2022 intending to attend her work shift under the influence of alcohol; (3) failing to disclose to her employer between 13 December 2022 and 25 January 2023 that she had been charged with the offence; (4) her actions at charge 3 lacked integrity in that she failed to inform her employer in a timely manner that she had been charged with a criminal offence.

Findings

The charges were found proved at the original substantive hearing on 9 January 2026, which imposed a 12-month suspension. The first review on 12 February 2026 confirmed the suspension for a further 3 months. At this second review on 2 April 2026, the panel found Miss Taylor had not engaged with the NMC, provided no updated information about her insight or remediation, and there was no realistic prospect of her returning to safe practice. The panel concluded that a striking-off order was the only appropriate sanction.

Mitigating factors

The first reviewing panel noted that Miss Taylor had demonstrated some insight at the early stages of the process in 2023, including self-referring to the NMC, entering a guilty plea, and informing an interim order panel of steps she was taking to address the concerns.

Aggravating factors

Miss Taylor had not engaged with the NMC since the first review and had not provided any updated information about her insight, reflection, or remediation. The original conduct included a criminal conviction for drink driving and a lack of integrity in failing to disclose it to her employer.

Source

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