Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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The regulator directed removal from the register in this decision. The decision explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions. Check the official register for the practitioner's current registration status.
Concerning Sharnie-Leigh Owens, dental nurse (General Dental Council 293689).
Decision date: 1 April 2026 · Hearing started 30 March 2026 and ended 1 April 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Owens, a dental nurse, had her fitness to practise found impaired by reason of misconduct and adverse health following a Health Committee hearing held in private. The tribunal directed that her name be erased from the dental care professionals register, with an immediate suspension order pending the appeal period.
Charges
The substantive content of this hearing was held in private. The public determination records that charges 1 to 5 were found proved, relating to misconduct and adverse health. The private determination contains the full details of the allegations.
Findings
The Health Committee found charges 1 to 5 proved. It determined that charges 2 to 4 amounted to misconduct and that Miss Owens's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of that misconduct. It also found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of adverse health found proved at charge 1. The Committee directed erasure from the dental care professionals register. An immediate suspension order was also imposed.
Source
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