Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — substantive hearing
NMC ordered Susan Sanni's striking off over dishonest care records and sleeping on duty
The panel found dishonesty and sleeping on duty during a 2022 night shift, but rejected the allegation concerning hourly checks. It found insufficient insight despite positive subsequent practice and imposed striking off.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 9 September 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Susan Sanni, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 07H2082E).
Decision date: 9 September 2026 · Hearing started 8 December 2025 and ended 9 September 2026
In plain English
The NMC found that Susan Sanni slept on duty and dishonestly signed care records in advance during a July 2022 night shift. A separate allegation about knowing that care staff had missed hourly checks was not proved. The panel acknowledged positive subsequent practice and some remorse but found insufficient insight and remediation. In September 2026 it ordered striking off, with interim suspension during the appeal period.
Charges
The allegations concerned signing residents' repositioning charts and daily notes in advance, sleeping while on duty, and related dishonesty during a night shift at St Mary's Nursing Home on 14 July 2022. The daily-notes charge was amended to remove the suggestion that care staff had completed those entries. The allegation that she knew care staff had not conducted hourly checks was not proved.
Findings
The panel found that she slept on duty and dishonestly signed inaccurate records, knowing that a resident had not been repositioned. The separate dishonesty allegation concerning hourly checks was not proved because responsibility for those checks was unclear. It found serious misconduct and impaired fitness to practise, with insufficient insight and targeted remediation despite positive subsequent practice and some remorse. On 9 September 2026 it ordered striking off and imposed an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period; this replaces earlier interim conditions and gives way to the substantive order if no appeal is made.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
• Early admissions to some of the facts • Previous unblemished nursing career of 20 years • Demonstration of some remorse • Evidence that you have worked safely and professionally in your role as a registered nurse since the events causing concern • Some evidence of training evidenced by certificates, although the panel noted that this was not targeted and does not fully address the issues raised in this case. • No repeated incidents since the original concerns
Aggravating factors
• Abuse of a position of trust as an experienced Nurse in Charge and sole nurse on duty • Conduct which deliberately put vulnerable people receiving care at direct risk of suffering harm • Deliberate breaches of the Code • Attitudinal issues towards professionalism • Dishonest conduct engaging in premeditated behaviour in your systematic practice of completing documentation in advance to allow yourself and others to sleep whilst on duty • Insufficient insight
Source
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