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 Babasola Olayinka Babinson, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 98I4680E).

Decision date: 21 April 2026 · Hearing started 9 April 2026 and ended 21 April 2026

In plain English

The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Babasola Olayinka Babinson, a registered mental health nurse, mismanaged the restraint of a vulnerable patient on a night shift in August 2023, allowed colleagues to hold the patient by the neck, slapped the patient, threw liquid at her, held her head while she lay prone, and dishonestly omitted these events from the incident report. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order during the appeal period.

Charges

While working as a Bank Mental Health Nurse at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust on the night shift of 30 August 2023, the registrant: (1a) did not manage the restraint of Patient A appropriately in that he (i) allowed colleagues to push her body into the door as she entered her bedroom, (ii) allowed colleagues to take Patient A to her bedroom which he knew or ought to have known was not a suitable area/space for intervention, (iii) did not plan how the restraint would be carried out with staff and/or the Nurse in Charge, and (iv) did not wait for a response team to be present before allowing colleagues to carry out the restraint; (1c) allowed colleagues to hold Patient A by the neck and/or strangle her; (1d) slapped Patient A on one or more occasions; (1e) threw liquid/water at Patient A; (1f) held Patient A's head while she lay prone on her bed; (1g) failed to document the conduct described in charges 1c-1f; and (1h) the conduct at charge 1g was dishonest in that he attempted to conceal his own and/or his colleagues' actions towards Patient A. Charge 1b (holding Patient A by the neck and/or strangling her himself) was found not proved.

Findings

The Fitness to Practise Committee found charges 1a)i-iv, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g and 1h proved on the balance of probabilities, and charge 1b not proved. The panel found the proven facts amounted to serious misconduct and breaches of the Code (sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 10 and 20), including failures to prioritise people, practise effectively and promote professionalism and trust. The panel concluded that the registrant's fitness to practise is currently impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds. The panel found Patient A was placed at unwarranted risk of harm and suffered physical and emotional harm; the misconduct constituted a serious breach of the fundamental tenets of the nursing profession; and the registrant acted dishonestly. The panel found no evidence of insight, remorse or meaningful remediation, and determined that the dishonesty and attitudinal concerns were deep-seated and difficult to remediate.

Mitigating factors

Relevant training courses: the panel noted that the registrant has completed some relevant training courses but had no evidence that he had demonstrated any remediation in relation to these training courses. Engagement with proceedings: the panel noted that the registrant has engaged with NMC proceedings.

Aggravating factors

Abuse of a position of trust as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in that the registrant deliberately put people receiving care at risk of suffering harm. Dishonesty in giving evidence by suggesting to the panel that Ms Perera knew about the plan for restraint when she did not. Dishonesty found proved in relation to failing to document the conduct described in charges 1c, 1d, 1e and 1f; the dishonest behaviour led management to report Patient A to the police. Failure to work collaboratively with colleagues. Absence of insight and meaningful remediation. Vulnerability of the patient receiving care: Patient A had been admitted following several serious suicide attempts and this was her first admission to a psychiatric unit.

Source

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