Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC strikes off nurse Andre Neves over sexually motivated conduct towards junior colleagues
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has struck Bristol nurse Andre Miguel Maia Seica Neves off the register after a panel found he carried out ECGs and a bladder scan on junior colleagues contrary to standard training practice, and that his actions were sexually motivated.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 20 May 2026 · Updated 10 July 2026
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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 Andre Miguel Maia Seica Neves, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 14G0103C).
Decision date: 20 May 2026 · Hearing started 11 May 2026 and ended 20 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Andre Miguel Maia Seica Neves, a senior staff nurse in Bristol, performed ECGs and a bladder scan on junior colleagues and invited them to practise procedures on him, contrary to standard training practice, and that his actions were sexually motivated, seeking sexual gratification. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and struck him off the register, imposing an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal.
Charges
Charges that, without clinical justification and/or contrary to standard training practice, he invited Colleague C to listen to his lungs with a stethoscope; performed an ECG on Colleague A and advised her to lift up her tunic and/or bra; asked Colleague A if she had "work done" to her breasts; conducted a bladder scan on Colleague A, asked whether he could go lower to find her cervix, insisted she perform a bladder scan on him, and asked if she wanted to practise catheterisation on him; offered to meet Colleague A outside of work; conducted an ECG on Colleague B with her top unzipped; and asked Colleague B to come to his house to practise venepuncture — all found proved, as was the charge that his actions were sexually motivated in seeking sexual gratification. A charge that his actions were in pursuit of a future sexual relationship was found not proved.
Findings
The panel found Mr Neves used his position of trust as a senior nurse and mentor to seek sexual gratification in the course of teaching, by having junior colleagues and a student take part in procedures contrary to standard training practice. It concluded this was a course of serious sexual misconduct and a serious breach of professional boundaries over a period of time with three different junior colleagues, indicative of a deep-seated attitudinal issue. With no evidence of training or strengthened practice and undeveloped insight, the panel found a serious risk of repetition and found his fitness to practise impaired on public protection and public interest grounds. It made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
He is said to be a knowledgeable nurse who is keen to teach and impart knowledge to colleagues; he made some limited admissions of the facts and apologised at an early stage; the panel considered his sexual misconduct to be at the lower end of the spectrum.
Aggravating factors
He abused his position of trust as a senior nurse and mentor; he carried out a pattern of misconduct over a period of time; his conduct related to three different junior nurses, one being a student.
Source
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