Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC strikes off nurse Faith Chareka after fraud by abuse of position conviction
A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel has struck nurse Faith Chareka off the register following her conviction for fraud by abuse of position, after she added 50 unworked shifts to an NHS trust's roster over two years, gaining £19,575 and 540 hours of time off in lieu.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 28 May 2026 · Updated 11 July 2026
Erasure (struck off the register)
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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 Faith Chareka, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 00I4666E).
Decision date: 28 May 2026 · Hearing started 22 May 2026 and ended 28 May 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Faith Chareka's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction for fraud by abuse of position. While a senior sister in an emergency department, she added 50 shifts she did not work to the electronic roster over two years, gaining £19,575 and 540 hours of time off in lieu. The panel made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period.
Charges
That you, a registered nurse: 1) On 1 November 2024, at Reading Magistrates Court, were convicted of Fraud by abuse of position. AND in light of the above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your conviction. The court found she added 50 shifts not worked to the electronic health roster between 1 November 2020 and 1 February 2023 while a Band 7 nurse and Senior Sister in an emergency department, receiving a financial benefit of £19,575.41 and 540 hours of time off in lieu.
Findings
The panel found the charge proved on the basis of the certificate of conviction under Rule 31. It determined the conduct involved repeated and premeditated dishonesty over two years, breached fundamental tenets of the profession including honesty and integrity, and brought the profession into disrepute. The panel found her insight limited, was not satisfied she had addressed the underlying cause of her conduct, and concluded there was a risk of repetition. It found her fitness to practise impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds, and determined that her conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register. The panel made a striking-off order and imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months to cover the 28-day appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Early guilty plea during court proceedings; apologies to colleagues and the wider profession; undertaken some online training courses in relation to areas of concerns; complied with mandatory court requirements; provided a reflective account albeit limited as to the reasons for the misconduct; private life challenges.
Aggravating factors
Abuse of a position of trust in that she was a band 7 nurse with the ability to authorise her own shifts; conduct could have had the potential to negatively impact patient services; deliberate breaches of the Code; limited insight into the reasons for the misconduct; a pattern of misconduct over a period of some two years; premeditated behaviour in accessing the roster system on a significant number of occasions to make fraudulent entries; minimising the extent of the dishonesty at the first opportunity to be honest about it.
Source
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