Healthcare regulator insights
Dishonesty in healthcare regulator erasure decisions
This page groups published erasure determinations where regulator-derived summaries include dishonesty, fraud, forged documents, false records, or misleading conduct language. Categories describe broad themes in the regulator's published findings. They are not new allegations by MedicWatch.
186
matching published erasure determinations
26.8%
of 693 erasure determinations in scope
1 March 2023
earliest matching decision
17 September 2026
latest matching decision
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Profession breakdown
- Nurses88
- Allied-Health67
- Doctors15
- Dentists8
- Pharmacy8
Regulator breakdown
- Nursing and Midwifery Council88
- Health and Care Professions Council67
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service15
- Dental Professionals Hearings Service8
- General Pharmaceutical Council8
Matching source-backed determinations
17 September 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilBiomedical scientist
The HCPTS panel ordered biomedical scientist Emmanuel Pakha-Ephraim to be struck off after finding repeated safety-check failures and dishonesty towards supervisors. The findings concerned cell products and test results, with risks to patients. The panel found continuing impairment and no evidence of insight or remediation. It also imposed interim suspension to cover the appeal period or any appeal before the substantive order takes effect.
14 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Amanda Lillian Reid to be struck off following a conviction for pension fraud. The panel found sustained, planned dishonesty and insufficient evidence of insight or remediation. It acknowledged her guilty plea and acceptance of the regulatory concern, but concluded that lesser sanctions would not protect the public or maintain confidence in nursing. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
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 Anish Babu Thananki to be struck off for dishonesty about employment history and sexual harassment of a colleague. An intention to violate the colleague's dignity was not proved, and no evidence was offered on a separate allegation. The panel acknowledged his participation and expressed remorse but found insufficient insight or remediation. An interim suspension covers the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
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 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
The HCPTS panel ordered operating department practitioner Stephen Spencer to be struck off after findings involving sexual misconduct towards colleagues and dishonesty in a controlled drugs record. Some allegations were discontinued or not proved. The panel found current impairment and a risk of repetition, with insufficient insight or remediation. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final removal order takes effect.
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 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel ordered radiographer William Smethurst to be struck off from 19 October 2026 after reviewing his suspension. Earlier findings concerned sexually motivated photographs taken at work and dishonesty during an investigation. The panel found continuing impairment, with no evidence of insight or remediation and repeated failure to engage. It concluded that a lesser sanction would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence.
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 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Following a hearing ending on 4 September 2026, the GDC Professional Conduct Committee directed João Miguel Rebola Costa's erasure for misconduct involving two falsified employment references. Other employment-history and NHS-conditions allegations were dismissed or not proved. The Committee found impairment on public-interest grounds, not public-protection grounds. It imposed immediate suspension while erasure awaits the end of the appeal period or disposal of an appeal. It found that a lesser sanction would not maintain public confidence.
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.
2 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Zeriya Pamela Gandifere to be struck off following a review. The earlier case involved missed observations of a resident and a dishonest record. The panel found no evidence of improved insight or practice and concluded that fitness to practise remained impaired. It rejected further suspension and ordered removal to take effect at the end of 15 October 2026.
26 August 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
The GDC tribunal decided that Lyndsey Michelle Trembath's fitness to practise was impaired following assault matters and failures to notify the regulator. It ordered her removal from the register and immediate suspension during the appeal period. The committee found the notification failures misleading, but rejected the dishonesty allegations. Removal takes effect 28 days after the decision is formally served unless she appeals; immediate suspension continues during any appeal.
21 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that registered nurse Lorna Fell gave a patient double the prescribed dose of Oramorph, did not record the error or tell the patient, asked a colleague not to report it and asked a doctor to change the prescription to match. The panel also found she made incorrect controlled drug records on two later shifts. It found her conduct dishonest on three counts, found her fitness to practise impaired, and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim 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.
13 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Tawanda Lovejoy Chivima, a registered mental health nurse, did not declare four driving-related convictions from March 2020 when he revalidated online in September 2021. He admitted the charges. The panel decided his entry on the register was fraudulently procured and incorrectly made, and directed the Registrar to remove it. It made no interim order, finding no ongoing risk to the public.
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.
10 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilArts therapist
The panel ordered arts therapist Phoebe E Plant to be struck off after finding repeated dishonesty and other serious misconduct affecting nine families. Findings included keeping payments for services not provided, poor communication and continuing to practise while suspended. Some individual allegations were not proved. The panel found a continuing risk to the public and no evidence of meaningful insight or remediation. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
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.
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.
27 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Rachel George, a registered nurse, breached an interim conditions of practice order while working at a nursing home in 2020. The panel found she worked agency shifts, acted as nurse in charge, administered medication without supervision, worked without a nominated supervisor, and did not disclose her conditions to the home. It found these actions dishonest, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension.
22 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Gail Johnson, a registered nurse, administered controlled drugs to two patients without a second nurse present to check, and on one occasion gave morphine instead of the prescribed oxycodone. The panel found she asked two colleagues to sign the records afterwards, which it decided was dishonest, and that she did not tell one patient about the error. The Fitness to Practise Committee found her fitness to practise impaired 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 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.
21 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Nadia Mohammed, a registered nurse and midwife, distributed or sold intravenous drip products without the manufacturer's permission and allowed vials to be labelled with a false lot number, a false expiry date, an inaccurate ingredients list and another company's name used without permission. The panel found she acted dishonestly to make the product appear more valuable, 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 found that Lance Jukes, an adult nurse, sent and received explicit messages about the sexual and racial abuse of children, babies and a disabled person and shared indecent images of children between 2017 and 2022, and later dishonestly concealed a police caution for harassment from the regulator. Through a consensual panel determination, the Fitness to Practise Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and caution and imposed a striking-off order.
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.
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.
8 July 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
The GDC tribunal decided that Todor Nenkov Nikolov should be erased after finding two dishonest omissions involving dental regulators. He concealed his GDC registration when applying in Ireland and later failed to report the Irish regulator’s removal decision. The committee found insufficient insight or remediation and a risk of repetition. It imposed immediate suspension to cover the appeal period. His earlier indefinite suspension was a separate 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 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.
3 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Anna Preyzner, a registered nurse, remained impaired by reason of misconduct when it reviewed a six-month suspension order imposed in January 2026 for dishonestly recording false colleague temperature readings during Covid-19 safety checks. The panel found no evidence of further insight or strengthened practice and noted she did not intend to return to nursing. It replaced the order with a striking-off order, effective at the end of 17 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.
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.
30 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Joseph Lewis misappropriated around £500 raised for charity, which he had stored in a locked safe at the Brighton and Hove Clinic, and acted dishonestly. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal period.
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.
25 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Claire King, a registered nurse in West Lothian, repeatedly stole medication from St John's Hospital, took money from a patient and a colleague, and dishonestly falsified a patient's medication record. The panel decided her misconduct made her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, saying her repeated dishonesty showed deep-seated attitudinal concerns with no insight or remediation. One charge of failing to co-operate with medical testing was found not proved.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Adetoyese Omiwole's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria. The panel found widespread fraud had taken place at the centre for many years, and the NMC declared all test results from it invalid. It noted there was no evidence that Mrs Omiwole herself acted fraudulently. The panel directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
12 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Salah-ud-Din Taj had criminal convictions in Australia for 14 offences over four months, including a threat to kill, stalking and breaching court orders. It also found he dishonestly failed to declare these convictions when applying to the GMC in 2018 and to an NHS trust in 2019, and misrepresented his work history. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired and erased his name from the medical register.
12 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Richard Bowley, a doctor, dishonestly claimed payments under an income protection insurance policy by declaring on a claim form that he had not worked and could not work as a GP, when he had in fact been working as a locum GP. It found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct. The tribunal, which also reviewed an existing suspension for improperly accessing a colleague's medical records, directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.
12 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Alaaeldin Kamel, a doctor, fabricated four reports and repeatedly sent them to the General Medical Council to use at his interim and tribunal hearings, breaching conditions on his registration. It found this dishonesty was deliberate and repeated over about a year, and that his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct. The tribunal decided that his conduct was incompatible with continued registration and directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.
11 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Amarachi Marie Madu's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting Mrs Madu herself used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
11 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Ibukunolu Abosede Oladipo's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting Miss Oladipo herself used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
10 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Temitope Egbinola Adesiyan's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because her computer-based test was taken at the Yunnik test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting she personally used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
10 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Olufunke Rachael Ekanade's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because her computer-based test was taken at the Yunnik test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting she personally used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
10 June 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
The HCPTS review panel ordered Hellen Wachepa to be struck off after finding that her fitness to practise remained impaired. The case followed convictions and dishonest failures to disclose charges or convictions. The panel considered further concerns about disclosure and a reference submitted in a colleague's name, and found insufficient insight or remediation after six months of suspension. It concluded that another suspension would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence in the profession.
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.
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.
2 June 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Salama Begum should be erased from the register, with an immediate suspension order. The Professional Conduct Committee found she offered and provided tooth whitening services outside a dental nurse's scope of practice and without indemnity cover, putting patient safety at risk, and that she acted dishonestly by denying the work to her employer and falsely telling the GDC it had approved the service.
29 May 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Andrew Neil Hopper's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his criminal conviction. In September 2025 he was convicted at Truro Crown Court of two counts of fraud by false representation, over insurance claims worth more than £460,000, and three counts of possession of extreme pornographic images, and was sentenced to 32 months in prison. The tribunal found he had shown no meaningful insight and erased his name from the medical register.
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.
28 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Ibukunola Oyekunle Omoniyi Fisher
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ibukunola Oyekunle Omoniyi Fisher, an adult nurse from Northampton, dishonestly produced three falsified sick notes while employed by Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and worked agency nursing shifts while receiving sick pay she knew she was not entitled to. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension covering any appeal period.
28 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Faith Chareka's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction for fraud by abuse of position. While a senior sister in an emergency department, she added 50 shifts she did not work to the electronic roster over two years, gaining £19,575 and 540 hours of time off in lieu. The panel made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period.
26 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The HCPTS panel ordered Paul S Parsons to be struck off for inappropriate workplace comments and dishonest good-character declarations on four registration renewals. The comments were sexual in nature, but sexual motivation was not proved. A separate allegation of failing to self-refer an employer warning was not proved. The panel found limited insight and a continuing risk of repetition. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal for up to 18 months.
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 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.
19 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Claire Ann Fitzpatrick, while a care home manager in Cumbria, dishonestly withdrew money from two vulnerable residents' accounts partly for her own benefit, stole money from a colleague's home, borrowed money from junior colleagues, and failed to keep proper care records or notify the Care Quality Commission of two residents' deaths. The panel ordered that she be struck off the register.
19 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Alison Jayne Marshall's fitness to practise was impaired after her conviction for stealing medication from the hospital where she worked. She was captured on CCTV removing medication on 12 occasions over eight days and pleaded guilty at Antrim Magistrates' Court. Finding no evidence of insight or remediation, the panel imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
19 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilHearing aid dispenser
The HCPTS review panel ordered Diane-Marie Banks to be struck off, with effect stated as 23 May 2026, after finding continuing impairment and no evidence that she had addressed earlier clinical misconduct. The proved concerns involved hearing tests, hearing aids and missed referrals. Allegations of fabricated audiograms and dishonesty were not proved. The panel concluded that further suspension was no longer appropriate.
19 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Laura Coulbeck acted dishonestly by falsely telling her employer she had suffered a close family bereavement, for which she received paid compassionate leave, and by reporting pregnancy-related illness when she was not pregnant, for which she received paid sick leave. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
15 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that James Cole, a mental health nurse in Essex, administered controlled drugs without a witness on two occasions, gave a patient double the maximum prescribed dose of lorazepam, and dishonestly amended the patient's medicine card to conceal the error. It also found he failed to record a prescription change in a patient's handover notes. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order.
14 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Janet Valerie Burroughs, a nurse at an Essex NHS trust, dishonestly requested and took Lorazepam tablets belonging to the trust without clinical justification, intending to give them to a relative. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, concluding the dishonesty and abuse of trust were incompatible with continued registration.
12 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The HCPTS panel ordered Luke Hopper to be struck off after finding conduct involving controlled drugs and dishonesty fundamentally incompatible with registration. Parts of the published allegation are redacted. The panel also imposed an interim suspension to protect the public during the appeal period, subject to a maximum of 18 months.
6 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered Sunil Shanker Kunder to be struck off after finding sexually motivated misconduct in breach of trust and dishonest failures to notify the regulator of his suspension and dismissal. It decided that no lesser sanction would protect the public and imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
6 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Belinda Jayne Kay dishonestly recorded abdominal examinations, a child's observations, and a DNACPR conversation with a patient's relative that had not taken place, while working as an advanced nurse practitioner at a GP practice. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and directed that she be struck off the register, imposing an 18-month interim suspension order.
30 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that midwife Stella Roberts, a former Head of Midwifery at St George's University NHS Foundation Trust, bullied and belittled colleagues over a sustained period and acted dishonestly by not telling West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust she had been suspended and placed under disciplinary investigation. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
30 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Xoisa Hlatshwayo failed to follow controlled drugs procedures at a care home, forged a colleague's signature in the controlled drug book, sought to persuade the colleague to sign records for administration she had not witnessed, and slept while on duty over a prolonged period. Finding her fitness to practise impaired, the panel imposed a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension order.
29 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Florence Ayodele Fayomi dishonestly told a 999 operator that the care home where she worked had a defibrillator when it did not, left a resident during a life-threatening emergency, failed to reposition a vulnerable resident, and did not carry out checks after another resident's unwitnessed fall. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and directed that she be struck off the register, imposing an 18-month interim suspension order.
23 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Vigneswari Ganason's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction for stealing a bank card belonging to a patient in her care and using it for several transactions. The panel imposed a striking-off order, finding her dishonesty fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, and an 18-month interim suspension order pending any appeal.
21 April 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilBiomedical scientist
The HCPTS panel struck Saint Joseph Ronaldo Austria off with immediate effect after an early review. It found that he had not remediated earlier dishonesty concerns and had compounded them by misleading an employer about his regulatory status while suspended. The panel revoked the suspension and replaced it with striking off.
21 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Babasola Olayinka Babinson, a registered mental health nurse, mismanaged the restraint of a vulnerable patient on a night shift in August 2023, allowed colleagues to hold the patient by the neck, slapped the patient, threw liquid at her, held her head while she lay prone, and dishonestly omitted these events from the incident report. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order during the appeal period.
17 April 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
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.
16 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that nurse James Forbes Mcgurk Wilson should be removed from the register by agreement. The Assistant Registrar accepted his application for agreed removal on 16 April 2026. Concerns had been raised that he administered incorrect medication to a service user and was dishonest in recording the medication count. The investigation had not yet concluded and no allegation had been substantively proved. The decision will be published for twelve months.
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 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Keith Wolverson's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct relating to inappropriate conduct with a patient in 2018, dishonesty about his reasons, and later working as a locum doctor while suspended in November 2022. He did not attend the hearing and had disengaged from the regulator since May 2025. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register.
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.
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 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.
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 Miss Amie Louise Allen, a registered adult nurse, remained impaired and ordered her erasure from the register. She was originally suspended for 12 months in March 2024 after admitting she had failed to administer four prescribed medications and had falsified records to claim she had. The review panel found no remediation, insight or engagement, and replaced the suspension with a striking-off order taking effect on 23 April 2026.
30 March 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel decided that Maria Haq 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.