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 Glory Ogechi Nwachukwu-Udaku, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 22C0185O).

Decision date: 18 March 2026 · Hearing started 10 November 2025 and ended 18 March 2026

In plain English

The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Glory Ogechi Nwachukwu-Udaku, a registered adult nurse from Northallerton, on 18 March 2026. The panel found that, while working at Woodlands Hospital, she had failed to meet the required standards in professionalism, record-keeping, infection control, and clinical skill, and that, at Mount Vale Care Home in August 2022, she had administered Lorazepam to a resident without it being prescribed and dishonestly attempted to conceal what she had done. The panel concluded the misconduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.

Charges

While working at Woodlands Hospital between October 2021 and February 2023, Mrs Nwachukwu-Udaku was alleged to have failed to demonstrate the standards required of a registered nurse, including unprofessional behaviour (mobile phone use, extended breaks, rudeness toward mentors, participating in procedures without experience), poor record keeping (pre-completing documentation, abbreviated terms in the theatre register), poor infection control (handwashing, contaminating sterile fields, sharps disposal), and lack of clinical knowledge and skills. While at Mount Vale Care Home on 25-26 August 2022, she administered Lorazepam to Resident A when not prescribed, did not record administration, did not escalate Resident A's deterioration, and removed Resident B's prescribed medication; on 26 August 2022 she crossed out an entry on the handover sheet about the Lorazepam and told a colleague she would say it was a mistake, conduct found to be dishonest. Multiple charges proved (some by admission); some not proved.

Findings

The panel found Mrs Nwachukwu-Udaku's fitness to practise impaired by reason of her lack of competence in respect of charges 1-5 and her misconduct in respect of charges 6-8. The panel found evidence of deep-seated personality and attitudinal problems. Her dishonesty in concealing administration of unprescribed medication, while initially spontaneous, persisted and became premeditated. The panel concluded the misconduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining a registered nurse and that no lesser sanction would protect the public or maintain confidence in the profession.

Mitigating factors

Six full and two partial admissions to the charges at an early stage. Some evidence of training completed. Significant personal challenges at the relevant time. Some positive testimonials, although not from current or recent employers or colleagues. The charges arose during a challenging period of transitioning from practising in Nigeria to the UK.

Aggravating factors

Her conduct placed Resident A and Resident B at risk of suffering harm through acting beyond the scope of her practice and by seeking to conceal that she had administered unprescribed medication. Whilst her dishonesty was initially spontaneous, it persisted and became premeditated in an attempt to conceal what she had done. She has demonstrated limited insight into her conduct.

Source

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