Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — review hearing
NMC strikes off nurse Joanne Millard over failure to escalate deteriorating patient
A Nursing and Midwifery Council review panel has replaced adult nurse Joanne Marie Millard's six-month suspension with a striking-off order, finding no new evidence of insight into her failure to escalate concerns about a deteriorating resident in 2020.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 19 June 2026 · Updated 9 July 2026
Erasure (struck off the register)
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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 Joanne Marie Millard, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 14F0662E).
Decision date: 19 June 2026 · Hearing started 19 June 2026
In plain English
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a six-month suspension order against adult nurse Joanne Marie Millard and replaced it with a striking-off order, effective from the end of 26 July 2026. The original panel found she did not take timely action when a resident in her care became less responsive and did not keep adequate records. The review panel found her fitness to practise remains impaired, with no new evidence of insight or retraining.
Charges
That you, a registered nurse, on 4 July 2020: 1. Did not complete adequate records for Resident 1, including not recording Resident 1's deteriorating reaction to the sternal rub. 2. Did not take appropriate and/or timely action upon being told that Resident 1 was less responsive and/or unresponsive. And in light of the above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct.
Findings
At the first review of a six-month substantive suspension order imposed on 17 December 2025, the panel found that Miss Millard's fitness to practise remains impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds. It found no new evidence that she had developed insight, reflected on her misconduct, or taken steps to strengthen her practice, and determined she remains liable to repeat matters of the kind found proved. Noting her minimal engagement, her stated intention not to return to nursing, and her email request to be removed from the register, the panel decided to replace the suspension order with a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 26 July 2026 in accordance with Article 30(1).
Source
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