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 Louise Graham, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 11I2705S).
Decision date: 5 February 2026 · Hearing started 5 February 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Louise Graham, a registered nurse in North Lanarkshire, took medication from hospital supplies for personal use on one or more occasions between October and November 2023, acting dishonestly. The panel found the conduct fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order.
Charges
Louise Graham, a registered nurse, was charged with taking medication from hospital supplies for private use on one or more occasions between October and November 2023, and acting dishonestly in doing so knowing she was not entitled to take such medication.
Findings
The panel found both charges proved. Louise Graham took medication from hospital supplies dishonestly. The panel found misconduct and impairment on public protection and public interest grounds. A striking-off order was imposed, the panel finding that the conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and that no lesser sanction would be sufficient.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
• Early admission to the allegations. • Previous career of ten years without prior concerns.
Aggravating factors
• Lack of remorse or apology. • Theft of medication needed for patients. • Lack of insight into failings. • A pattern of misconduct over a period of time. • Conduct which put patients at potential risk of suffering harm.
Source
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