Nursing and Midwifery Council determination — voluntary removal
Voluntary removal from the register
The regulator’s term: voluntary erasure accepted
What does “voluntary removal from the register” mean?
The practitioner asked to be removed from the register and the regulator accepted the request. This may happen during or after a fitness-to-practise case.
Concerning David Henry Forster, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 87D0162E).
Decision date: 22 January 2026
In plain English
The NMC agreed to remove David Henry Forster from the register after David Henry Forster applied for agreed removal. The decision states that no allegation had yet been substantively proved by a statutory committee, and that the public interest was best served by allowing David Henry Forster to leave the register.
Charges
The referral raised a concern regarding Mr David Forster’s fitness to practise. It is alleged that Mr Forster worked outside of the scope of his competence by prescribing medication to a patient, when he was not a nurse prescriber, that the medications administered were contraindicated, that his record keeping was poor and that he failed to assess Patient A adequately.
Findings
An NMC Assistant Registrar agreed to David Henry Forster's removal from the NMC register. The decision states that no allegation against David Henry Forster had yet been found substantively proved by a statutory committee, that David Henry Forster no longer intended to work as a registered professional, and that the public interest was best served by agreeing removal.
Source
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