Healthcare regulator insights
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.
310
matching published erasure determinations
44.7%
of 693 erasure determinations in scope
11 June 2021
earliest matching decision
14 September 2026
latest matching decision
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Profession breakdown
- Nurses149
- Allied-Health120
- Doctors25
- Dentists9
- Pharmacy7
Regulator breakdown
- Nursing and Midwifery Council149
- Health and Care Professions Council120
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service25
- Dental Professionals Hearings Service9
- General Pharmaceutical Council7
Matching source-backed determinations
14 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Raphael Iyiewuare to be struck off after he admitted dishonest competency declarations and references, alongside clinical competence failings. The panel found that patients were put at risk but noted no evidence of actual harm. It acknowledged his admissions, mentoring and developing insight, but concluded that striking off was required. An interim suspension covers the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
11 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Carlo Federico Spatola's striking off after reviewing earlier professional-boundary breaches involving contact with a patient on social media. The panel found no evidence of insight, reflection or steps to address the concerns and found his fitness to practise remained impaired. It concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order was to take effect at the end of 16 October 2026.
11 September 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered physiotherapist Arthur Martial to be removed from the register from 24 October 2026 following a suspension review. The earlier case concerned professional boundaries and clinical recordkeeping. The panel acknowledged developing insight and regret but found insufficient evidence of remediation and continuing impairment. It concluded that conditions were unworkable and further suspension would serve no useful purpose.
11 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed to Lesley Sara Norman's request for removal from its register. The decision followed allegations about wound care and records, but no allegation had been substantively proved and Case Examiners had not made a decision. The Assistant Registrar found that agreed removal served the public interest, noting that Ms Norman no longer intended to practise. The matters may be reconsidered if she seeks readmission.
10 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Sabitha Joseph's striking off with immediate effect on 10 September 2026. The review concerned earlier findings of lack of competence across several areas of nursing care. The panel found no evidence of training, reflection or improved practice and found her fitness to practise remained impaired. After almost three years of suspension, it concluded that a further suspension would serve no useful purpose.
9 September 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found Dr Surrayya Najeeb's fitness to practise impaired by dishonesty and deficient professional performance. It found that she misrepresented her role, performance concerns and qualification status. On 9 September 2026 it ordered erasure and immediate suspension, concluding that conditions or suspension would not adequately protect the public. The tribunal accepted that actual serious harm had not been caused, but found insufficient insight and remediation and a risk of future harm.
9 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Susan Sanni slept on duty and dishonestly signed care records in advance during a July 2022 night shift. A separate allegation about knowing that care staff had missed hourly checks was not proved. The panel acknowledged positive subsequent practice and some remorse but found insufficient insight and remediation. In September 2026 it ordered striking off, with interim suspension during the appeal period.
7 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Dawn Elaine Sandy dishonestly recorded a risk assessment, encouraged a colleague to give false explanations about competency documents, and failed to ensure appropriate training and safety measures. Some parts of the allegations were not proved. The panel ordered striking off after finding current impairment and limited insight, with a separate interim suspension during the appeal period.
4 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC ordered Rossitsa Petkova's striking off after finding misconduct involving demeaning and threatening treatment of vulnerable residents, pushing a resident and shouting at a colleague. Five allegations had no case to answer, two were not proved, and another proved allegation was not misconduct. Despite positive testimonials, the panel found no insight or remediation and imposed interim suspension pending the appeal period.
4 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Beebee Rehanah Roopun to be struck off for dishonest failure to disclose safeguarding information during a fostering application. The case returned after the High Court set aside an earlier no-impairment decision. The panel acknowledged positive clinical references and some insight but found continuing risk and insufficient remediation. Separate dishonesty about notifying fostering deregistration had not been proved. Interim suspension covers the appeal period.
3 September 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPractitioner psychologist
The HCPTS panel ordered practitioner psychologist Peter Pratt to be struck off over advice outside his professional scope and inadequate risk assessment in a parole report. A separate billing finding did not meet the threshold for serious misconduct, and dishonesty was not alleged. The panel found impairment and no evidence of remediation. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final order takes effect.
27 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered David R Nelson to be struck off after finding sexually motivated touching of two yoga participants, lack of consent and a confidentiality breach. An allegation of exposing underwear was not proved, the related sexual-motivation charge was dismissed, and disclosure of test results was not proved. The panel found current impairment, limited insight and a risk of repetition. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal, for a maximum of 18 months.
26 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC panel decided to strike Lynn Rowan off after proving five allegations of degrading and abusive treatment of a vulnerable patient, including slapping her hand. It found continuing impairment and insufficient insight or remediation. No specific physical injury was identified. A separate interim suspension protects the public during the appeal period before the striking-off order takes effect.
25 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC panel decided to strike Suzanne Tuffnell off after findings of bullying and harassment and leaving a clinical unit without adequate communication. Two particulars were not proved, and two further proved particulars did not amount to serious misconduct. The panel found continuing impairment and insufficient insight or remediation. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
25 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
The HCPTS panel ordered David Woodhouse to be struck off after finding misconduct in patient care, records, professional boundaries and discriminatory comments. It rejected several allegations and found no lack of competence. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, citing repeated conduct and a lack of insight or remediation. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period, or an appeal if brought, for up to 18 months. The striking-off order takes effect under the applicable appeal arrangements.
25 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC panel decided to strike Romulus Berejena off for sexual misconduct involving a patient and a colleague. It rejected the allegation that he intended to violate the colleague’s dignity or create an offensive environment, while finding that his conduct had that effect. The panel recognised developing insight but found continuing impairment and concluded that suspension would be insufficient. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
24 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC decided to accept Sharan Rutherford's application for agreed removal from the register after considering concerns about escalating a patient injury, clinical observations and record keeping. No allegation had been substantively proved, although Rutherford accepted the concerns. The Assistant Registrar found that accepting the removal best served the public interest.
20 August 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal directed Dr Walid Ahmed's removal from the medical register following his conviction for controlling or coercive behaviour. The criminal court had imposed a prison sentence of two years and eight months and a ten-year restraining order. The tribunal found impaired fitness to practise, no evidence of insight or remediation, and a high risk of repetition. It also imposed an immediate suspension order.
19 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that registered nurse Belinda Jayne Ellams made comments about Muslims to a colleague, brought weighted steel balls and sharpened scissors into a care home, and posted an offensive image on Facebook. The panel found her conduct was motivated by hostility towards Muslims and had the effect of violating her colleague’s dignity. It found her fitness to practise impaired, noted no evidence of insight, and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension order.
17 August 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal directed Dr Jairon Majdneya's removal from the medical register at a review of an earlier suspension. The previous tribunal had found dishonest practice as a GP after her licence was withdrawn. The review found that fitness to practise remained impaired, with no evidence of insight, remediation or maintained clinical skills. It concluded that further suspension would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence.
17 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Diane Macdonald's fitness to practise remained impaired after receiving no new evidence that she had addressed clinical practice deficiencies previously found proved. The panel decided that another suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register when her current suspension expires.
17 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Steven David Wenman, a registered nurse, sent suggestive messages to one colleague, made comments of a sexual nature to two others, and ignored a third colleague in conduct the panel found amounted to bullying. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct, noting very limited insight and minimal remediation, and imposed a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
17 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Michelle Louise Tanner's fitness to practise remained impaired after she provided no evidence of insight, reflection, remediation or relevant training following findings that she accessed confidential medical records without clinical justification. The panel decided that further suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register.
14 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Paramedic Rachel Claire Lemonofides was ordered struck off after the panel found discriminatory and racially motivated treatment of a patient, clinical failings and failures to notify the HCPC of employment action. It found she had not recognised signs requiring urgent hospital care. With minimal insight and no demonstrated remediation, the panel found continuing impairment and a high risk of repetition.
14 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found nursing associate Anthony Nethercott's fitness to practise impaired by his criminal convictions. Bristol Crown Court convicted him on 23 October 2025 of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause a child aged 13 to 15 to watch an image of sexual activity, and attempting to cause a female aged 13 or over to engage in penetrative sexual activity. The panel struck him off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
14 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that registered nurse Julia Ann Nixon's fitness to practise remains impaired in two cases. Reviewing two 12-month suspension orders, the panel found she had not undertaken remediation, training or supervised practice and had not shown sufficient insight into failings in patient care and record-keeping. It replaced both suspension orders with striking-off orders, taking effect on 19 September and 27 November 2026.
13 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The panel ordered paramedic Victor M Nugent to be struck off after finding serious failures in the care of three patients. These included assessment, treatment, escalation and record-keeping problems. Three allegations were not proved, including a claim about administering blood products that were outside his scope of practice. The panel found no demonstrated insight or remediation and a high risk of repetition. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
11 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed that Brenna Allsuch could be removed from the nursing register by agreement. The NMC was investigating allegations about medication errors, record keeping and clinical advice, none of which has been found proved by a statutory committee. An assistant registrar decided she no longer intends to work as a nurse, that the allegations were unlikely to result in a striking-off order, and that removal was in the public interest.
10 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilChiropodist / podiatrist
The HCPTS Investigating Committee directed the removal of chiropodist/podiatrist Mark Mac Kenzie from the register after finding his registration was fraudulently procured. The panel found he dishonestly failed to disclose recent Australian regulatory action concerning his former medical practice when applying to the HCPC. It also imposed interim suspension to protect the public during the appeal process.
7 August 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
The GDC tribunal decided that William Gamba should be erased after findings of serious clinical failings, treating patients while suspended and failing to cooperate with its investigation. One allegation was not proved and another was withdrawn. The committee found current impairment and no evidence of remediation or insight. It imposed immediate suspension to cover the appeal period and any appeal, pending the erasure taking effect.
7 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Victoria Louise Huzzard made medication administration and record-keeping errors at two care homes in March and April 2022, and that she dishonestly signed a colleague's name in the controlled drugs and destruction books to suggest the colleague had witnessed her. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and struck her off the register. An interim suspension order of 18 months covers the appeal period.
6 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 12-month suspension order on nurse Nimmy George and decided to replace it with a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 25 September 2026. The panel found her fitness to practise remains impaired by lack of competence and misconduct. It received no new evidence of insight or steps to strengthen her practice, and noted she has not engaged with the NMC since at least August 2024.
5 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Karen Louise Grimley, a registered mental health nurse, accessed the clinical records of 22 patients at two NHS trusts between February and May 2020 without clinical justification, including records belonging to her father, a three-year-old child and colleagues. The panel found her explanations implausible, said her conduct showed deep-seated attitudinal issues, and found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct. It made a striking-off order. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also imposed.
5 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ludo Msinamwa's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her conditions of practice order with a striking-off order. The panel was reviewing an order first imposed in August 2023 after she breached undertakings about falls management and record keeping. It noted she had not attended the last two review hearings and had provided no evidence of insight, remediation or compliance with the conditions. The order takes effect at the end of 7 September 2026.
30 July 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilChiropodist / podiatrist
The HCPTS panel ordered chiropodist/podiatrist Gary J Denby to be struck off from 27 September 2026 following a suspension review. Earlier findings concerned professional communication, face-mask precautions and unjustified dietary advice. The panel found continuing impairment and no evidence of insight or remediation. It concluded that further suspension to explore voluntary removal would be ineffective and that removal was proportionate.
30 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Lorna Margaret Carey, a mental health nurse, used her employer's staff reward funds for her own personal use between January 2022 and April 2023, and that she acted dishonestly. The panel also found she failed to cooperate with the NMC's enquiries about her health, and that her fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ill health. It made a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension.
30 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that health visitor Gillian Graham submitted inaccurate mileage claims dishonestly between January 2017 and March 2018, and told a colleague a nursery visit had gone well when she had not attended. The panel also found she repeatedly failed to file safeguarding documents and record wellbeing assessments for families with vulnerable children on her caseload. It found her fitness to practise impaired, struck her off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
30 July 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Andrea Strafford should be erased after finding that she dishonestly took approximately £240 from her employer and failed to cooperate with its investigation. The separate allegation that her conduct was misleading was not proved. The committee found a risk of repetition without evidence of insight or remediation. It imposed immediate suspension to cover the appeal period.
30 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Kenneth Macadaeg touched Patient A's penis without clinical justification on more than one occasion during a night shift in February 2024, and told him he had 'a very strong erection'. The panel found both actions were sexually motivated. It found three further charges not proved, including allegations involving a second patient. The panel decided his fitness to practise was impaired, struck him off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
28 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 12-month suspension order imposed on registered nurse Valerie Jean Howard, whose fitness to practise was found impaired by reason of lack of competence following medication errors between 2016 and 2019. The panel found she had not engaged with the NMC and had provided no evidence of insight or strengthened practice. It decided to make a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 21 September 2026.
27 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 12-month suspension order imposed on registered nurse Hannah Kargbo in a case concerning lack of competence and health. The panel found that her fitness to practise remains impaired and decided to make a striking-off order, which takes effect at the end of 15 September 2026 under Article 30(1) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001. The meeting was held in private under Rule 19, so the substantive reasons are not in the public record.
27 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC decided to accept Kimberley Jane Turton's application for agreed removal from the register after considering concerns about care, record keeping, consent, scope of practice and other matters. She accepted some concerns, but no allegation had been substantively proved. The Assistant Registrar found that accepting her removal best served the public interest.
27 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC decided to accept Philip Banks's application for agreed removal from the register after considering concerns about delegation, medication administration, records, controlled drugs and sleeping on duty. He accepted some concerns, but no allegation had been substantively proved. The Assistant Registrar found that accepting his removal best served the public interest.
24 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed to remove Dionne Susan Homewood from the register at her own request. A referral in November 2025 alleged she lacked competence in medication administration, record keeping and leadership, and she accepted the concerns raised about her clinical practice. No allegation was found proved by an NMC committee. An Assistant Registrar decided she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse and that the public interest was best served by agreeing her removal.
23 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC decided that registered nurse Jinku Mary Joseph could leave the register by agreement. A referral in March 2025 raised concerns about her competence in patient care, medication administration, assessing patients, escalating deteriorating patients, record keeping and communication. She denied them, and no allegation was found proved. After she declined undertakings and said she no longer intended to nurse in the UK, an Assistant Registrar agreed her application for removal on 23 July 2026.
22 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Dean William Thomson's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. He admitted charges of verbal abuse towards two patients, bullying and obstructive behaviour towards colleagues, poor record keeping, and dishonestly claiming he was unaware a patient had to be seen by two staff members. The panel accepted a consensual panel determination, found no mitigating features, and imposed a striking-off order with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
22 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mark James Rebustes's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his convictions. In May 2025 at Dundee Sheriff Court he was convicted of taking or making, and possessing, indecent photographs of children between 2019 and 2023. The panel found the convictions very serious, noted he had disengaged from the regulatory process and shown no insight or remorse, and imposed a striking-off order, with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
16 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tracy Anne Penny, a registered midwife, failed to meet the standards of knowledge, skill and judgement expected of a band 5 midwife across many areas, including cardiotocography interpretation, escalation, medication safety and record keeping, despite extensive support. The panel also found she did not carry out blood glucose monitoring on a newborn baby but recorded that she had, which it found dishonest. It decided her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension.
16 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Helen Bagley dishonestly completed a clinical reference for another nurse, stating she had been their Matron when she knew she had not. Under a consensual panel determination accepted on 16 July 2026, the panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension in case of appeal.
16 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Dawn Alison Ellerby, a mental health nurse, showed a lack of competence in fundamental nursing tasks and committed misconduct, including repeated dishonesty on three occasions, disregarding restrictions on handling medication, and intimidating colleagues, between 2018 and 2022. The Fitness to Practise Committee found her fitness to practise impaired and, noting a previous dishonesty finding and limited insight, imposed a striking-off order removing her from the register.
16 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Adam Culverwell's fitness to practise was impaired after he was convicted at Bournemouth Crown Court of sexual activity offences against a vulnerable patient in his care, for which he was sentenced to seven years in prison. On 16 July 2026 the panel imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension in case of appeal.
16 July 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The panel ordered paramedic Nathan Lees to be struck off after finding serious clinical and communication failures while working in Gibraltar. Several allegations were dismissed or not proved. Although the panel recognised limited insight and reported improvements, it found insufficient evidence that serious clinical failings had been remedied and considered the repetition risk high. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period before the striking-off order takes effect.
15 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed an application from Wilson Kaungwa, a mental health nurse from Dorset, to be removed from its register. Concerns raised in 2024 included poor record-keeping, sleeping on duty, and dishonestly working three shifts for one organisation while on paid sick leave from another, which he accepted and said he deeply regretted. No allegation was found proved by a statutory committee. The Assistant Registrar decided the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
15 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed an application from Hannah Margaret Horsburgh, an adult nurse from Cumbria, to be removed from its register. It was alleged that in 2023 she did not adequately monitor a patient's blood sugar levels, recorded false information to conceal a lack of monitoring, and failed to administer IV fluids properly. She accepted the concerns and that her fitness to practise was impaired. No allegation was found proved by a statutory committee.
13 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Prince Chigozie Aneke's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and made a striking-off order. The panel found proved a series of failings at two care homes in 2023, including an insulin error, failures to monitor and escalate care of vulnerable residents, repeated medication dispensing errors and failures to work cooperatively with colleagues. It concluded he had shown extremely limited insight. An 18-month interim suspension order was also imposed.
13 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace Mohamad Kanu's suspension order with a striking-off order at a review hearing on 13 July 2026. His fitness to practise remained impaired: he had not engaged with the NMC or provided evidence of remediation since a 2025 hearing over a medication error, a lack of candour and a breach of professional boundaries. The striking-off order takes effect at the end of 19 August 2026.
8 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Christie Okwaraji's fitness to practise remains impaired and directed that her name be struck off the register. At the fifth review of a conditions of practice order imposed in 2021 for lack of competence, the panel said she had not produced objective evidence of strengthened practice or remediation and that further conditions or a suspension would serve no useful purpose. The striking-off order takes effect on 17 August 2026.
8 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Gabrielle Jean Prettyman, a registered nurse and registered manager of Lound Hall Care Home in Norfolk, failed to ensure adequate care planning, wound management, nutrition monitoring and record keeping for multiple residents in 2016 and 2017, and failed to act on concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
8 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Margaret Jane Cooper, a registered nurse and deputy manager at Lound Hall Care Home, failed to ensure adequate care planning, record keeping, nutrition referrals and pressure area care for vulnerable residents in 2017. The panel also found she was dishonest in representations she made to the Care Quality Commission. It found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
7 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that David Mott's fitness to practise remains impaired and decided to impose a striking-off order. Reviewing a suspension order that followed findings he did not administer prescribed medication to numerous residents during a night shift, the panel said he had shown no insight or remorse, had told the NMC he did not intend to return to nursing, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. The order takes effect on 19 August 2026.
7 July 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilHearing aid dispenser
The HCPTS panel found that Asima P Rafeeq dishonestly charged an excessive £34,000 for hearing aids and accepted an inflated deposit, whose cheque did not clear. It ordered striking off, with a separate interim suspension during the appeal period. An audiogram failing was proved but did not amount to misconduct, and lack of competence was not established. The other proved matters amounted to misconduct.
7 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sandra Young's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her suspension order with a striking-off order. The original findings included failing to take observations after a patient collapsed, dishonestly recording observations and an escalation she had not made, and watching TV on her phone on shift. The panel said she had provided no evidence of reflection or remediation and that a risk of repetition remained. The order takes effect on 12 August 2026.
6 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Francis Dike's fitness to practise remains impaired and directed that his name be struck off the register. At a substantive order review meeting, the panel said it had no evidence that Mr Dike had complied with his conditions of practice order, shown insight, or maintained his skills, and noted he had not engaged with the NMC since October 2024. The striking-off order takes effect on 22 August 2026.
6 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Nsa Ita's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her suspension order with a striking-off order. Reviewing charges of lack of competence and misconduct in neonatal care, the panel said she had shown very limited insight, little evidence of strengthened practice, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. It concluded a further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order takes effect on 13 August 2026.
3 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Enkele Bonyeme, a registered nurse, remained impaired by reason of lack of competence when it reviewed a 30-month conditions of practice order imposed in January 2024. The panel had received no evidence that she had engaged, complied with the conditions or strengthened her practice, and concluded she was liable to repeat the failings. It replaced the order with a striking-off order, effective at the end of 5 August 2026.
3 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Valeria Hering, a registered nurse, received a police caution on 1 October 2024 for the theft of five types of medication from the Guernsey hospital where she worked. The panel did not find the two misconduct charges proved. It found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of the caution, noting a lack of insight and a high risk of repetition, and made a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
3 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Elaine Maria Sullivan, a registered mental health nurse, dishonestly described herself as a clinical lead in a court report, worked outside her competence by diagnosing a patient, behaved inappropriately towards five junior colleagues, and disclosed private information about colleagues. The panel found her conduct was tantamount to bullying, that her fitness to practise was impaired, and made a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
2 July 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel found that Martin Duxbury committed misconduct involving sexually motivated communications, professional-boundary breaches and racially derogatory language towards colleagues. It ordered striking off, with a separate interim suspension pending appeal. Allegations of blocking a colleague's exit, aggressive conduct towards another colleague and booking leave contrary to procedure were not proved. The panel found continuing impairment and insufficient evidence of meaningful insight or remediation.
1 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Clara Osariemen Osazuwa, a registered nurse, did not engage with training and supervised medication rounds, refused to follow instructions and to undertake patient care, administered an excessive dose of Enoxaparin, took unauthorised absences, failed to prepare patient notes and did not answer patient call bells. The panel also found she acted dishonestly about an unauthorised absence. It found her fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
1 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC decided to grant Caroline Anne Sempers' application for agreed removal from its register on 1 July 2026. Concerns had been raised about her medication management, record keeping and adherence to clinical protocols, which she accepted, though no allegation was found proved by a statutory committee. An Assistant Registrar was satisfied she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse and that removal served the public interest.
26 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Mandy June Jilley failed to record a patient restraint incident in sufficient detail, did not record a NEWS2 score or call an ambulance for a deteriorating patient, gave antipsychotic medication at the wrong times, and made dishonest statements to avoid blame. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order on 26 June 2026, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
24 June 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Kacper Jakub Latos should be erased from the dental register. On 24 June 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct, ruling that he provided a poor standard of care to a patient over three years, failed to obtain informed consent, permitted an unregistered former dentist to treat her, and did not cooperate with the GDC. The committee ordered erasure and imposed an immediate suspension covering the appeal period.
24 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Eliot Aluge, a mental health nurse in London, pursued a sexual relationship with a vulnerable inpatient detained under the Mental Health Act, exposed himself to her on the ward, asked her for money and repeatedly contacted her without clinical justification. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and struck him off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
24 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Rose Linda Chinwenma Nkemdirim
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 24 June 2026 to replace nurse Rose Linda Chinwenma Nkemdirim's suspension order with a striking-off order, taking effect on 8 August 2026. The original charges, found proved in April 2025, concerned failures in controlled-drug records and medication administration records involving residents in her care. The panel found she had not engaged with the NMC since the substantive hearing and provided no evidence of insight, training or strengthened practice.
22 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Richard Bartley acted dishonestly by repeatedly failing to disclose that he was under disciplinary investigation by a former employer when applying for and working in a functional assessor role, and by giving inaccurate referee details. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order on 22 June 2026, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
19 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
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.
18 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that children's nurse Jay Hobbs's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct, including six charges of dishonesty, in the care of four children in an emergency department between 2022 and 2023. The panel found he had put vulnerable patients at unwarranted risk of harm and dishonestly recorded and reported clinical observations. Finding a high risk of repetition, it made a striking-off order.
18 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 18 June 2026 that mental health nurse Joy Harradine remains impaired and directed that she be struck off the register when her current suspension expires on 15 July 2026. The original panel found she failed to check a patient for injury after an unwitnessed fall, kept poor records, and did not intervene when staff handled and spoke to the patient inappropriately. The review panel found no evidence of insight or strengthened practice.
17 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review meeting on 17 June 2026 to strike Adria Pearce, an adult nurse from Leicester, off the register. Her 12-month suspension followed proven charges of dishonestly taking dihydrocodeine and codeine phosphate from a ward medication cupboard at Glenfield Hospital. The panel found she remained impaired, having not engaged with the NMC since 2022, and the striking-off order takes effect on 31 July 2026.
15 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Penny Senner, a registered nurse in Dorset, accessed numerous patients' records without a legitimate clinical reason over more than a year, told a cancer patient that her Covid-19 vaccinations had caused her cancer, and gave patients an unapproved leaflet linking to an anti-vaccination website. The panel decided these actions were attempts to undermine public confidence in public health advice, amounted to misconduct, and made her fitness to practise impaired. It imposed a striking-off order, citing limited insight and a high risk of repetition.
9 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Matthew Jones, a GP, carried out sexually motivated examinations of two patients in 2015 that were not clinically indicated, touching their genital areas, and that one patient was vulnerable due to her mental health. It also found he took sexual photographs of himself on a hospital landing in 2019. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.
8 June 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered Thangapandian Subramanian to be struck off after he admitted inappropriate patient handling, inappropriate treatment goals and record-keeping failures. It found lack of competence and separate misconduct in two handling incidents, with continuing impairment and no meaningful insight or remediation. The striking-off order was based on misconduct. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal, for a maximum of 18 months.
8 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Stefania Pezzi, a registered nurse in Kent, remained impaired when it reviewed a 12-month suspension order imposed in 2025 for dishonesty in a job application, in which she omitted a previous nursing role and concealed that she had been dismissed and referred to the NMC. The panel found no change since the original hearing — no further insight, remediation or engagement — and noted her registration had lapsed before replacing the suspension with a striking-off order.
8 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mrs Roberts, a registered nurse, committed serious misconduct, including reducing patients' IV fluids and bladder irrigation without clinical justification, intimidating patients, and belittling and racially discriminating against colleagues. It found her fitness to practise impaired, citing deep-seated attitudinal concerns and no insight or remediation, and directed that she be struck off the register.
8 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
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.
5 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse William Sinclair Malcolm was convicted at Newcastle Crown Court in March 2025 of sexual assault, ill-treatment or wilful neglect of individuals in his care, and racially aggravated harassment, and was sentenced to 39 months' imprisonment. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his convictions, identified serious attitudinal concerns and no insight, and imposed a striking-off order.
5 June 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Colin Duncan McLauchlan should be erased from the register with immediate suspension. The Professional Conduct Committee, sitting in his absence, found widespread failings in examinations, radiograph reporting, diagnosis and consent across 39 patients between 2018 and 2023, and found he acted dishonestly towards four patients, including denying he had left a dental bur in a patient's mouth and misattributing his own root canal work to another dentist.
5 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Cheryl Lee Feltner's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found she had entered an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable 16-year-old she had cared for, contacted them without clinical justification, encouraged them to abscond from their care home, and given them money. Finding a real risk of repetition, it made a striking-off order.
5 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Juliette Johnson's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found she had breached professional boundaries and acted with a lack of integrity by accepting monetary gifts totalling £39,300, in twelve cheques, from an elderly patient and his wife over about two and a half years. It made a striking-off order.
4 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed to remove registered nurse Christopher Ronald Currie from its register under Rule 14, following his own application. The referral had alleged he lacked the competence to practise without supervision as a Band 5 nurse and raised a health concern; no allegation was found proved. An Assistant Registrar was satisfied the allegations were not fundamentally incompatible with registration and that removal served the public interest.
1 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mrs Erive's fitness to practise remained impaired at a review of her conditions of practice order. She had not engaged with the NMC or shown any compliance, remediation or insight since misconduct found proved in relation to a resident's care and medication practice in 2022. The panel directed that her name be struck off the register, effective 8 July 2026.
29 May 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Simon Moran's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. His case concerned dishonesty: before retiring he had used a colleague's prescription pads to prescribe medication to himself and a close relative. At this second review the tribunal noted he had not engaged with the regulator or shown any insight or remediation across two previous hearings, and decided to erase his name from the medical register.
29 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The HCPTS panel ordered Yannek Benson to be struck off after finding dishonesty about his experience, clinical failings, driving-related risks and misconduct towards colleagues. Allegations about an arrival-time message and billing additional hours were not proved, and a separate employer-disclosure allegation was discontinued. The panel found continuing impairment, limited insight and remediation, and a risk of repetition. It imposed a separate interim suspension of up to 18 months pending appeal.
29 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed to remove nurse Sylvia Elizabeth Hughes from its register at her own request on 29 May 2026. Allegations about her management of a care home and attending work smelling of alcohol had not been proved by any committee. An Assistant Registrar decided the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal, as Ms Hughes no longer intends to work as a registered nurse.
28 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Simon Mudepu, a mental health nurse from North Yorkshire, engaged in sexually motivated conduct and harassment towards two junior female colleagues between February and July 2024, including unwanted physical contact and comments. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
27 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sandra Mohamed's fitness to practise remained impaired by misconduct and lack of competence, relating to medication administration errors and failed drug competency assessments in 2019. At a review hearing on 27 May 2026, the panel replaced her suspension order with a striking-off order, noting she had disengaged from the NMC and had not shown insight or strengthened practice.
27 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that John Andrew Charters, a mental health and adult nurse from Inverness, was convicted in April 2024 of assaulting two care home residents, in 2014 and 2022. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, decided a striking-off order was the only sufficient sanction, and directed that he be struck off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period.
26 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered Rezaul Hossain Razu to be struck off following two convictions for sexually assaulting service users and a dishonest failure to notify the regulator of the criminal charges. It found current impairment, no evidence of remediation and a high risk of repetition. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal, for a maximum of 18 months.
22 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilChiropodist / podiatrist
The HCPTS review panel ordered David F Kirby to be struck off when his existing suspension expired. The original misconduct concerned iodine aftercare information, recording a treatment discussion and attempting treatment after consent was withdrawn. The panel found continuing impairment, no evidence of remediation and a high risk of repetition. It concluded that further suspension would not adequately protect the public.
22 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
The HCPTS panel ordered Gurprit Kaloya to be struck off after proving three incidents of dishonestly taking and self-administering midazolam and being intoxicated at work. It found misconduct, impairment and a significant risk of repetition, while recognising later negative drug tests. The order states an effective date of 19 June 2026. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal for up to 18 months.