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 Tracy Jane Chamberlain, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 10F1093E).
Decision date: 5 February 2026 · Hearing started 21 July 2025 and ended 5 February 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tracy Jane Chamberlain, a Clinical Lead at Springfield Hospital, engaged in racially motivated and discriminatory conduct, bullying, and inappropriate behaviour toward multiple colleagues between 2022 and 2023. The panel found that her conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order.
Charges
Tracy Jane Chamberlain, while working as Clinical Lead at Springfield Hospital, was alleged to have made inappropriate sexual and racial comments to colleagues, engaged in racially motivated discrimination against Administrator 1, made discriminatory comments about colleagues' accents, bullied and undermined colleagues, and abused her position of leadership. The charges related to conduct between January 2022 and July 2023 and involved multiple colleagues.
Findings
The panel found proved charges including: making inappropriate sexual comments to Nurse A; stating she had a close relationship with senior staff; mimicking Administrator 1's voice/accent; calling Administrator 1 'my bitch'; making sexual comments about Administrator 1's neckline; conduct found racially motivated and discriminatory; making discriminatory comments about Nurse B's accent; commenting on Nurse B's uniform; directing Nurse A not to help Nurse B; and aggressive conduct towards Nurse C. The panel found misconduct and that fitness to practise was impaired on public protection and public interest grounds. The panel imposed a striking-off order, finding the conduct fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Miss Chamberlain provided some contextual information about a change management process that was in place at the relevant time and some difficult personal circumstances. The panel acknowledged the pressures she may have been under but considered that this did not justify or mitigate against any of the conduct or behaviour found.
Aggravating factors
• Abuse of position of leadership, authority and trust. • Miss Chamberlain caused actual emotional harm to a colleague. • In creating a hostile environment, Miss Chamberlain's conduct placed patients at a risk of suffering harm. • Miss Chamberlain failed to work collaboratively with her colleagues. • There was a pattern of behaviour which involved racial discrimination, bullying and inappropriate communications. • Miss Chamberlain's behaviour persisted over a prolonged period of approximately 18 months and involved a number of colleagues. • Miss Chamberlain has not engaged in the NMC Fitness to Practise process. • Miss Chamberlain has limited insight into her conduct. • There is no evidence of remorse.
Source
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