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Clinical care failings in healthcare regulator erasure decisions
This page groups published erasure determinations where regulator-derived summaries include clinical care, treatment, competence, or performance language. Categories describe broad themes in the regulator's published findings. They are not new allegations by MedicWatch.
125
matching published erasure determinations
41.7%
of 300 erasure determinations in scope
11 June 2021
earliest matching decision
23 April 2026
latest matching decision
Profession breakdown
- Nurses54
- Doctors20
- Dentists4
Regulator breakdown
- Nursing and Midwifery Council54
- HCPC43
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service20
- Dental Professionals Hearings Service4
- GPHC4
Matching source-backed determinations
23 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that adult nurse Claire Bosanquet should be removed from the register by agreement. The Assistant Registrar accepted her application for agreed removal on 23 April 2026. Concerns had been raised about her competence in areas including medication management, record keeping, infection control and patient care, and about a health condition. The matter had been referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee but no allegation had been substantively proved. The decision will be published for twelve months.
17 April 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Iwanicki's fitness to practise as a dentist is impaired by reason of misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the Dental Register. The Professional Conduct Committee found proved charges relating to inadequate clinical care of two patients, poor record keeping, failure to retain and provide dental records, deletion of clinical photographs, and a sustained failure to co-operate with the GDC. The Committee identified a deep-seated professional attitudinal problem and concluded that no lesser sanction was sufficient.
17 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that children's nurse Kelly-Marie Porter should be struck off the register. The panel found that on 9 April 2025 she was convicted at Plymouth Magistrates' Court of making indecent images of a child and possessing an extreme pornographic image. She was sentenced to 32 weeks suspended imprisonment and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. The committee found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of her conviction and imposed a striking-off order on 17 April 2026, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.
17 April 2026HCPCParamedic
Matthew Goodey
The HCPTS panel decided that Matthew Goodey should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
16 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Shona Mary Ovenstone, a registered nurse who ran an aesthetics clinic in Fife, dishonestly administered Botox to a patient in March and April 2024 using a prescription intended for another patient, reused the same vial after 13 days against single-use instructions, failed to keep adequate records, and breached her duty of candour by not telling the patient what had happened. The panel imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension order during the appeal period.
15 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Zdzislaw Reterski, a registered nurse, slept on duty at one care home and falsified records to show he had given morning medications and made entries when he was not on duty. At a second care home, he failed to give prescribed medications to several residents on specified dates. The panel found his conduct dishonest and amounted to misconduct, that his fitness to practise was impaired, and ordered him to be struck off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
15 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Esther Temitayo Ayelabowo's entry on the nursing register was fraudulently procured, because the Computer Based Test result she submitted from the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria on 29 March 2022 had been obtained through fraud, most likely through use of a human proxy. She completed the clinical test in under ten minutes against an allowed time of 150 minutes. The panel directed under Article 26(7) that her entry be removed from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
10 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Assistant Registrar decided to remove Helen Joyce Champion, a registered nurse, from the NMC register by agreement. The application followed a referral raising concerns that she failed to respond appropriately to medical incidents, to document incidents accurately, or to maintain a resident's dignity. No allegation has been proved by a statutory committee, but the registrant does not intend to return to nursing and the Assistant Registrar found removal was in the public interest.
10 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Kate Sullivan, a registered mental health nurse, had an undeclared sexual relationship with a colleague, had sexual intercourse with him in the workplace, breached professional boundaries with a vulnerable patient, refused to provide care to a patient, did not report serious incidents, manipulated staffing to spend time with the colleague, and was unprofessional toward other colleagues. The panel decided her fitness to practise is impaired and ordered her name to be struck off the register.
9 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed an existing conditions of practice order that had been in place since 2022 for sleeping on duty as a Deputy Manager. The panel found Mrs Parry's fitness to practise remained impaired and that she had shown limited insight, no remediation, and no evidence of strengthened practice over four years. The panel decided to replace the conditions of practice order with a striking-off order, which will take effect on 17 May 2026.
8 April 2026HCPCOccupational Therapist
Steven Taylor
The HCPTS panel decided that Steven Taylor should be subject to the published outcome from a voluntary removal agreement. The panel approved voluntary removal from the register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
8 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Uchechukwu Nrabalu, a registered nurse, had submitted a Computer Based Test result obtained through fraud as part of her application to join the NMC register. She took the test at the Yunnik test centre in Nigeria in May 2022, completing it unusually quickly. The panel directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register because it had been fraudulently procured.
8 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Ruffa Hernandez, a registered nurse, did not meet the standards of knowledge, skill and judgment expected of a Band 5 nurse. Between August 2022 and June 2023 she made multiple medication and care errors, including incorrect insulin doses, a missed pressure sore, poor handovers, and an inaccurate insulin administration record. She was suspended for 12 months in April 2025. At today's review she had not engaged with the NMC or shown any improvement, so the panel decided to strike her name off the register.
8 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Maria Charito Estrella Poblete
The NMC found that Maria Poblete, a registered nurse working as a Deputy Sister at a nursing home, did not properly review or assess a vulnerable resident's pressure wounds for several months in 2022, did not update care plans or complete required risk-score forms, and did not escalate the wounds to a senior nurse or specialist. The resident developed serious sacral wounds. She was placed on a 12-month conditions of practice order in April 2025. At today's review she had not engaged with the NMC, so the panel decided to strike her name off the register.
7 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Ms Edith Adamezie Chukwunyerenwa
An NMC Assistant Registrar accepted Ms Edith Adamezie Chukwunyerenwa's application for agreed voluntary removal from the nursing register on 7 April 2026, before any substantive hearing took place. The underlying concerns alleged that she had failed to demonstrate the required standards as a newly qualified Band 5 nurse and had asked a colleague not to report an error; she denied the concerns. Agreed removal allows the registrant to leave the register without admission of fault; if she ever seeks readmission, the NMC may revisit the matter.
7 April 2026HCPCProsthetist Orthotist
Claire L Devitt
The HCPTS panel decided that Claire L Devitt should be subject to the published outcome from a voluntary removal agreement. The panel approved voluntary removal from the register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
7 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Kim Ramsay, a registered nurse, did not carry out required observations or complete the proper records after a resident at her care home fell in July 2019, and did not complete admission records for another resident in January 2019. She had been subject to a conditions of practice order since 2022 but did not engage or show any retraining. At a review meeting, the panel decided to strike her name off the register.
2 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Carolyn Blore, a registered adult nurse from Nottingham who worked as a care home registered manager, on 2 April 2026. The committee found multiple charges of misconduct proved relating to failures in resident care, infection control, and care planning at Ashford Care Home in 2022. The panel found a complete absence of insight and no realistic prospect of remediation.
2 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Twinkle Antwi Baffour, a registered adult and mental health nurse, had repeatedly slept on duty during night shifts, failed to carry out required patient observations, and dishonestly falsified medical records on two occasions in 2020 and 2021 while working as nurse in charge at two care homes. The panel ordered his erasure from the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order, finding that his misconduct, including dishonesty affecting vulnerable residents, was incompatible with continued registration.
2 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mrs Janette Donnelly, a registered nurse and home manager, restrained a vulnerable resident at Millport Care Centre on 19 February 2021 to enable a COVID-19 vaccination through the resident's leggings, and then dishonestly failed to report the inappropriate administration. The panel ordered her erasure from the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order pending conclusion of the case.
2 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found at a substantive order review hearing on 2 April 2026 that Mrs Mary Folake Olanrewaju, a registered adult nurse, remained impaired and ordered her erasure from the register. She was originally suspended in April 2025 after the panel found multiple clinical errors as a locum nurse practitioner in 2019 and a subsequent failure to comply with the undertakings she had accepted with the NMC. The review panel found no engagement and replaced the suspension with a striking-off order taking effect on 7 May 2026.
2 April 2026HCPCParamedic
Stephen Doohan
The HCPTS panel decided that Stephen Doohan should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
1 April 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
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.
1 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found at a substantive order review meeting on 1 April 2026 that Ms Gilvana Da Silva Nogueira, a registered adult nurse, remained impaired by reason of lack of competence and ordered her erasure from the register. She was originally suspended for 12 months in April 2024 after the panel found she had failed to meet competency objectives across four successive structured improvement processes. The review panel found no engagement and no realistic prospect of returning to safe practice, and replaced the suspension with a striking-off order taking effect on 1 May 2026.
31 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Dylan James Sinnott, a registered adult nurse from Leeds, at a review hearing on 31 March 2026. The panel found that concerns about his competence had persisted over approximately eight years despite multiple review hearings and conditions of practice orders. There was no evidence of remediation, Mr Sinnott had stated he did not intend to return to nursing, and further similar concerns had arisen during his employment as a clinical support worker.
27 March 2026HCPCOperating Department Practitioner
Colin Fernandes
The HCPTS panel decided that Colin Fernandes should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
27 March 2026HCPCPractitioner Psychologist
Jayne Martlew
The HCPTS panel decided that Jayne Martlew should be subject to the published outcome from a voluntary removal agreement. The panel approved voluntary removal from the register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
26 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Lisa Marie Maidment's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 26 March 2026. Maidment is a registered adult nurse from Devon who worked as a Practice Nurse Lead. The NMC's Assistant Registrar was satisfied that she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse, that a striking-off order was not a likely outcome, and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal. No allegation had been substantively proved.
26 March 2026HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Mrs Rebecca Delaney
The HCPTS panel decided that Mrs Rebecca Delaney should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
26 March 2026HCPCDietitian
Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo
The HCPTS panel decided that Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
24 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Sifiso Ncube, a registered adult nurse working in Scotland, on 24 March 2026. The panel found she had hidden her NHS Tayside employment when taking a second nursing job, made false statements about her own care company's regulatory status and staff vetting to a care home and to the Care Inspectorate, and acted dishonestly in respect of those matters. The panel concluded the repeated dishonesty, deep-seated attitudinal concerns, and absence of meaningful insight made any lesser sanction insufficient to protect the public. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
24 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted James Patrick Kelly's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 24 March 2026. Kelly is a registered mental health nurse from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The NMC's Assistant Registrar was satisfied that he no longer intends to work as a registered nurse, that the allegations were not likely to result in a striking-off order, and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal. No allegation had been substantively proved.
23 March 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Jonathon Dean, an anaesthetic trainee, injected a woman with anaesthetic drugs in her bedroom in December 2018 for sexual purposes, without the equipment to monitor her safely. He also admitted attending two London hospitals against instructions and was later convicted at Cambridge Crown Court of nine counts of theft and one of possessing a Class A drug, receiving 25 months in prison. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register.
23 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Elzabeth Lennon, a registered children's nurse from Northampton, on 23 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. She had been suspended for six months over events on 16 March 2022 involving the care of a baby, including failing to check the cannula site, failing to investigate or escalate Alaris infusion pump alarms, inappropriately raising pump pressure, and dishonestly recording observations and reporting normal pressure readings to a doctor. The panel concluded she had not engaged with the regulatory process or shown remediation, and the striking-off order will take effect on 23 April 2026.
20 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Lea Mary Stewart, a registered adult nurse from West Lothian, on 20 March 2026 at a substantive order review meeting. She had been suspended for nine months from June 2025 over inappropriate access to patient records between March and September 2020, including records of people known to her. The panel concluded she had not engaged with the regulatory process or provided any evidence of insight or remediation, and the striking-off order will take effect at the end of 24 April 2026 when the current suspension expires.
20 March 2026HCPCRadiographer
Melbin Thankachan
The HCPTS panel decided that Melbin Thankachan should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel approved voluntary removal from the register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
20 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Michele Mozart Smith's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 20 March 2026. Mrs Smith, a registered adult nurse from Tayside, had been the subject of allegations that she shouted at residents at a care home, including one who had entered a communal area undressed, and denied a resident access to the lounge and dining room. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied the allegations were not so serious as to lead to striking off and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
18 March 2026HCPCPhysiotherapist
Robert M Williams
The HCPTS panel decided that Robert M Williams should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
18 March 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
The GDC tribunal decided that Hannah Susan White's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered her erasure from the dental care professionals register. The Professional Conduct Committee found that Miss White had submitted whitening tray prescriptions in her own name without proper authorisation, taken cash totalling £668 and teeth whitening gel from her employer without permission, and provided gel to colleagues outside her scope of practice. All charges were found proved. The Committee found no evidence of genuine insight or remorse, and determined that only erasure adequately protected the public.
18 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Glory Ogechi Nwachukwu-Udaku, a registered adult nurse from Northallerton, on 18 March 2026. The panel found that, while working at Woodlands Hospital, she had failed to meet the required standards in professionalism, record-keeping, infection control, and clinical skill, and that, at Mount Vale Care Home in August 2022, she had administered Lorazepam to a resident without it being prescribed and dishonestly attempted to conceal what she had done. The panel concluded the misconduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
17 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Yvette Walker's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 17 March 2026. Ms Walker, a registered adult nurse from Yorkshire, had been referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee over allegations that, as a clinical manager and practice nurse, she had kept inaccurate or incomplete records, had been dishonest in backdating records, and had instructed another member of staff to record inaccurate entries. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied the allegations were not likely to result in striking off and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
17 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Gines Nsamba Mabonzo Younga, a registered nurse and health visitor from Plymouth, on 17 March 2026 at a substantive order review meeting. She had been on a conditions of practice order over safeguarding and record-keeping failures from late 2019 in her health visitor role, including failing to investigate or escalate an injury to a child, not recognising faltering growth as a safeguarding concern, and inaccurate clinical records. The panel concluded she had shown limited insight and not engaged with remediation, and the striking-off order will take effect on 26 April 2026.
16 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Kahyana Emari Davis, a registered midwife from Bristol, on 16 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. Her registration had been suspended over two incidents of dishonesty in a clinical setting that put a vulnerable patient at risk, but she had not engaged with the NMC since September 2024 and had not demonstrated insight or remediation. The panel concluded a further suspension would serve no useful purpose, and the striking-off order will take effect on 23 April 2026 when the current suspension expires.
16 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Tabitha Lowe's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 16 March 2026. Ms Lowe, a registered adult nurse from Greater London, had been referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee over allegations that she accessed a patient's records without clinical justification, shared medical information in a witness statement, and was dishonest about it. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied that, taking into account her insight and the isolated nature of the incident, the allegations were not likely to result in striking off and the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
11 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Blessing Nneka Nwosu had committed serious misconduct on the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Leeds General Infirmary in 2022, including medication errors, failures to monitor critically ill patients, and dishonestly falsifying observation records. It also found that she dishonestly worked at a care home in 2023 in breach of an interim conditions of practice order. The panel ordered that she be struck off the register and imposed an interim suspension order of 18 months.
10 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that registered mental-health nurse Nazreen Bibi could be removed from the register by agreement under Rule 14, after she applied to leave the register while a fitness-to-practise concern about her work in an autism assessment team was being considered. No allegation against her was substantively proved by an NMC committee. The Assistant Registrar decided the allegations were unlikely to lead to a striking-off order and that agreed removal served the public interest.
10 March 2026HCPCDietitian
Ifeyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso
The HCPTS panel decided that Ifeyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
5 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Robertson, a community mental health nurse, was convicted at Lincoln Crown Court of sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder by a care worker, against a patient under his care. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and added to the Sex Offenders Register for ten years. By Consensual Panel Determination, the panel directed that he be struck off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.
5 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr O'Brien remains impaired and replaced his existing six-month suspension order with a striking-off order. The panel noted he had continued to disengage with the regulator, had not provided evidence of insight, reflection or steps to strengthen his practice, and remained liable to repeat the failings found proved. The strike-off takes effect at the end of 14 April 2026, when the current suspension order expires.
27 February 2026HCPCPhysiotherapist
Gerald M Browne
The HCPTS panel decided that Gerald M Browne should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
26 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Tom Bell in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for 1(i), 1(v), 1(vi), 1(vii), 3(i), 3(ii), 3(iii), 3(iv), 6a, 6b, and 7(i). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired (but not in relation to charges 6b and 7 (i). The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
26 February 2026HCPCParamedic
James J Hughes
The HCPTS panel decided that James J Hughes should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
26 February 2026HCPCParamedic
Philip Bastable
The HCPTS panel decided that Philip Bastable should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
24 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review hearing for Shirley McLean in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Shirley McLean's existing Suspension order (12 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
23 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Judith Margaret Nicholas in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a, 5, 7, 8 and 9a. It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
23 February 2026HCPCPhysiotherapist
Alison E Wyndham
The HCPTS panel decided that Alison E Wyndham should be subject to the published outcome from a voluntary removal agreement. The panel approved voluntary removal from the register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
20 February 2026HCPCPhysiotherapist
Mrs Javeria Khan
The HCPTS panel decided that Mrs Javeria Khan should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
20 February 2026HCPCOperating Department Practitioner
Sajjad Ahmed
The HCPTS panel decided that Sajjad Ahmed should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
18 February 2026HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Irene B Murray
The HCPTS panel decided that Irene B Murray should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
17 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Miss Rebecca Chappelle, a registered adult nurse, engaged in sustained bullying, intimidation and racially motivated discrimination toward overseas colleagues at a care home between December 2021 and March 2023. The panel found 14 charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and determined she demonstrated no insight or remorse. A striking-off order was imposed. Miss Chappelle did not attend and had not engaged with the proceedings.
17 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed to remove Julia Siddall from the register after Julia Siddall 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 Julia Siddall to leave the register.
17 February 2026HCPCPractitioner Psychologist
Dr Evangelia Bonda
The HCPTS panel decided that Dr Evangelia Bonda should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
17 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed to remove Rodrigo Ringor from the register after Rodrigo Ringor 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 Rodrigo Ringor to leave the register.
16 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review meeting for Tasleem Akhtar in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Tasleem Akhtar's existing Suspension order (6 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
16 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Jayne Carson's fitness to practise was impaired after proved findings that she misappropriated money, falsified records and signatures, and made misleading patient-fund records. The panel also found a private health charge proved, while one dishonesty charge was not proved. It imposed a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension order.
16 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review meeting for Lorraine Hill in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Lorraine Hill's existing Suspension order (6 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
13 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Mrs Yvonne Jane Kearsey, a registered adult nurse, failed to provide adequate care to three vulnerable care home residents in 2021, with multiple failings in record keeping, incident reporting and care planning. The panel found 17 charges proved, found her fitness to practise impaired, and concluded she had provided no evidence of insight or remediation. A striking-off order was imposed on 13 February 2026.
13 February 2026HCPCRadiographer
Christopher Gyiripah
The HCPTS panel decided that Christopher Gyiripah should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
11 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Miss Jane Barker, a registered adult nurse employed as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy, attended work whilst unfit for duty, misappropriated controlled drugs, and was convicted of theft and possession of a Class A drug. The panel found all charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order on 11 February 2026.
9 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Anthony Stapylton, a registered adult nurse, applied for agreed removal from the register. Concerns were raised about his agency nursing practice between 2019 and 2023, including failures in basic care and an allegation of inappropriate conduct toward a patient. No allegations had been substantively proved before a committee. The NMC's Assistant Registrar agreed to his removal on 9 February 2026.
9 February 2026HCPCParamedic
Daniel Plant
The HCPTS panel decided that Daniel Plant should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
9 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies
The NMC agreed to remove Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies from the register following her application for agreed removal. She had been convicted of making false instruments and stealing Zopiclone tablets and NHS prescriptions from Morriston Hospital, and was sentenced to a suspended prison term. The NMC's Assistant Registrar was satisfied that Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies no longer intended to work as a registered nurse and that agreed removal served the public interest.
9 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC found that Ms Bjork Sabino, a registered midwife, had her fitness to practise reviewed following a 12-month suspension for misconduct and lack of competence including dishonesty. The panel found she had taken no steps to remediate during the suspension period and had no intention to return to nursing. The panel concluded the only appropriate sanction was a striking-off order, taking effect on 18 March 2026.
6 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Elizabeth Elaine Greenhill, a registered mental health nurse from Leeds, on 6 February 2026. The committee found charges of misconduct proved, including racially discriminatory conduct towards a colleague at a care home in 2019. The panel found no mitigating features and determined that the discriminatory behaviour was fundamentally incompatible with Ms Greenhill remaining on the register.
5 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tracy Jane Chamberlain, a Clinical Lead at Springfield Hospital, engaged in racially motivated and discriminatory conduct, bullying, and inappropriate behaviour toward multiple colleagues between 2022 and 2023. The panel found that her conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order.
4 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Helen McLaughlan, a nurse at Wexham Park Hospital, dispensed medication from the hospital's automated system on numerous occasions without clinical justification between November 2020 and April 2021, taking it for personal use. The panel found this conduct dishonest and fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, and imposed a striking-off order.
3 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed an existing suspension order on Dorothy Onwuteaka and found that her fitness to practise remained impaired. No evidence of insight or practice improvement had been provided despite guidance from multiple previous review panels. The panel determined that a striking-off order was the only sanction adequate to protect the public, to take effect on 12 March 2026 when the existing suspension expired.
2 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Kirsty Victoria James, a registered adult nurse from Cheshire, at a review hearing on 2 February 2026, taking immediate effect. The panel found that she had not engaged with the regulatory process since the original substantive hearing in 2023, had not revalidated, and had provided no evidence of remediation or insight. The original charges included accessing patient records without authority and medication administration failures.
30 January 2026HCPCParamedic
Brian Woolford
The HCPTS panel decided that Brian Woolford should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
27 January 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Saheb Peer Shabaz Khalander sexually harassed a junior colleague, Ms A, on 31 May 2022 by touching her thigh in a sexually motivated manner while she sought his clinical advice. The tribunal found his conduct lay at the high end of the spectrum of seriousness and that he had demonstrated no meaningful insight or remediation. The tribunal directed his erasure from the Medical Register and imposed an immediate suspension order.
22 January 2026HCPCParamedic
Guy Carman
The HCPTS panel decided that Guy Carman should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
22 January 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
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.
21 January 2026HCPCHearing Aid Dispenser
Ahsan Ali
The HCPTS panel decided that Ahsan Ali should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
20 January 2026HCPCOperating Department Practitioner
Mark William Stokes
The HCPTS panel decided that Mark William Stokes should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
16 January 2026HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Lady Deborah Knight Griffiths
The HCPTS panel decided that Lady Deborah Knight Griffiths should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
16 January 2026HCPCOccupational Therapist
Manna Reji
The HCPTS panel decided that Manna Reji should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
15 January 2026HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Zoe L Heeks
The HCPTS panel decided that Zoe L Heeks should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
14 January 2026HCPCPhysiotherapist
Soraya Jurado Gonzalez
The HCPTS panel decided that Soraya Jurado Gonzalez should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
6 January 2026HCPCPhysiotherapist
Yuliyan S Dimov
The HCPTS panel decided that Yuliyan S Dimov should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
19 December 2025HCPCOccupational Therapist
Vimal Vinod
The HCPTS panel decided that Vimal Vinod should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
19 December 2025HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Emma-Jo Montgomery
The HCPTS panel decided that Emma-Jo Montgomery should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
17 December 2025HCPCParamedic
Natalie Twomey
The HCPTS panel decided that Natalie Twomey should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
17 December 2025HCPCRadiographer
Jeanette S Clewes
The HCPTS panel decided that Jeanette S Clewes should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
15 December 2025HCPCOperating Department Practitioner
Chris Smith
The HCPTS panel decided that Chris Smith should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
11 December 2025HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Dermot Hynan
The HCPTS panel decided that Dermot Hynan should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
11 December 2025HCPCOperating Department Practitioner
Mark Considine
The HCPTS panel decided that Mark Considine should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
11 December 2025HCPCOccupational Therapist
Stephen Newton
The HCPTS panel decided that Stephen Newton should be subject to the published outcome from a voluntary removal agreement. The panel approved voluntary removal from the register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
8 December 2025HCPCHearing Aid Dispenser
Mrs Elaine Moore
The HCPTS panel decided that Mrs Elaine Moore should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
8 December 2025HCPCSpeech And Language Therapist
Sandra Marshall
The HCPTS panel decided that Sandra Marshall should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
4 December 2025HCPCOccupational Therapist
Eric Izydorczyk
The HCPTS panel decided that Eric Izydorczyk should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.