Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC panel strikes off nurse Karen Nutbeam at first review of conditions order
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee has replaced a conditions of practice order with a striking-off order for nurse Karen Nutbeam, finding she remained impaired over a 2021 incident of shouting at a care-home resident and had not engaged, shown insight or remediated.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 8 June 2026 · Updated 8 July 2026
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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 Karen Nutbeam, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 81J2319E).
Decision date: 8 June 2026 · Hearing started 8 June 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Karen Nutbeam, a registered nurse in Surrey, remained impaired when it reviewed a 12-month conditions of practice order imposed in 2025 for shouting at a vulnerable care-home resident. The panel noted she had shown no insight or remediation, had let her registration lapse and did not intend to return to practice, and that conditions were no longer workable. It replaced the order with a striking-off order, taking effect on 24 July 2026.
Charges
The charge found proved at the original substantive hearing was that Ms Nutbeam, a registered nurse, on 24 May 2021 failed to treat a resident in her care with dignity or respect, in that she shouted at Resident A, and that her fitness to practise was thereby impaired by reason of her misconduct. This review meeting did not re-open the facts; it reviewed the existing order.
Findings
This was the first review of a 12-month conditions of practice order imposed by a Fitness to Practise Committee on 26 June 2025 for the misconduct of shouting at a vulnerable care-home resident. The panel found Ms Nutbeam's fitness to practise remains impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds, having seen no evidence of insight, remediation or strengthened practice. It noted she had not engaged meaningfully with the NMC since 2023, save for an email dated 29 April 2026 in which she denied the charge, asked the NMC to stop, and stated that her PIN had lapsed and she did not intend to return to practice. The panel determined that conditions of practice were no longer workable and that a suspension order would serve no useful purpose, and replaced the order with a striking-off order taking effect at the end of 24 July 2026 under Article 30(1).
Source
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