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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.
60
matching published erasure determinations
20%
of 300 erasure determinations in scope
21 December 2023
earliest matching decision
21 April 2026
latest matching decision
Profession breakdown
- Nurses29
- Doctors8
- Dentists1
Regulator breakdown
- Nursing and Midwifery Council29
- HCPC14
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service8
- GPHC8
- Dental Professionals Hearings Service1
Matching source-backed determinations
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 2026HCPCParamedic
Matthew Goodey
The HCPTS panel decided that Matthew Goodey should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
16 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC 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.
16 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Shona Mary Ovenstone, a registered nurse who ran an aesthetics clinic in Fife, dishonestly administered Botox to a patient in March and April 2024 using a prescription intended for another patient, reused the same vial after 13 days against single-use instructions, failed to keep adequate records, and breached her duty of candour by not telling the patient what had happened. The panel imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension order during the appeal period.
15 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Zdzislaw Reterski, a registered nurse, slept on duty at one care home and falsified records to show he had given morning medications and made entries when he was not on duty. At a second care home, he failed to give prescribed medications to several residents on specified dates. The panel found his conduct dishonest and amounted to misconduct, that his fitness to practise was impaired, and ordered him to be struck off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
15 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Esther Temitayo Ayelabowo's entry on the nursing register was fraudulently procured, because the Computer Based Test result she submitted from the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria on 29 March 2022 had been obtained through fraud, most likely through use of a human proxy. She completed the clinical test in under ten minutes against an allowed time of 150 minutes. The panel directed under Article 26(7) that her entry be removed from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
10 April 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 Mr Twinkle Antwi Baffour, a registered adult and mental health nurse, had repeatedly slept on duty during night shifts, failed to carry out required patient observations, and dishonestly falsified medical records on two occasions in 2020 and 2021 while working as nurse in charge at two care homes. The panel ordered his erasure from the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order, finding that his misconduct, including dishonesty affecting vulnerable residents, was incompatible with continued registration.
2 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mrs Janette Donnelly, a registered nurse and home manager, restrained a vulnerable resident at Millport Care Centre on 19 February 2021 to enable a COVID-19 vaccination through the resident's leggings, and then dishonestly failed to report the inappropriate administration. The panel ordered her erasure from the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order pending conclusion of the case.
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 2026HCPCRadiographer
Maria Haq
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.
26 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Lisa Marie Maidment's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 26 March 2026. Maidment is a registered adult nurse from Devon who worked as a Practice Nurse Lead. The NMC's Assistant Registrar was satisfied that she no longer intends to work as a registered nurse, that a striking-off order was not a likely outcome, and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal. No allegation had been substantively proved.
26 March 2026HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Mrs Rebecca Delaney
The HCPTS panel decided that Mrs Rebecca Delaney should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
26 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Susan Shuga, a registered adult nurse from London, on 26 March 2026. The panel found that, on 30 April 2015, she had provided Person 1 with a job offer letter from her own agency that contained falsified information, and that she had been dishonest in seeking to mislead any third party reading the letter into believing it was true. The panel concluded the misconduct involved an abuse of trust and that her absence of insight, remorse, and engagement made any lesser sanction insufficient. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
26 March 2026HCPCDietitian
Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo
The HCPTS panel decided that Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
24 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Sifiso Ncube, a registered adult nurse working in Scotland, on 24 March 2026. The panel found she had hidden her NHS Tayside employment when taking a second nursing job, made false statements about her own care company's regulatory status and staff vetting to a care home and to the Care Inspectorate, and acted dishonestly in respect of those matters. The panel concluded the repeated dishonesty, deep-seated attitudinal concerns, and absence of meaningful insight made any lesser sanction insufficient to protect the public. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
23 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Jean McLeod, a registered adult nurse from Fort William, on 23 March 2026. The panel found that on 7 September 2022 she stole and dishonestly used a colleague's bank card and then failed to disclose what she had done. The panel concluded the misconduct reflected deep-seated attitudinal concerns and a pattern of dishonesty, that she had limited insight, and that no lesser sanction would protect the public or maintain confidence in the profession. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
23 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Elzabeth Lennon, a registered children's nurse from Northampton, on 23 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. She had been suspended for six months over events on 16 March 2022 involving the care of a baby, including failing to check the cannula site, failing to investigate or escalate Alaris infusion pump alarms, inappropriately raising pump pressure, and dishonestly recording observations and reporting normal pressure readings to a doctor. The panel concluded she had not engaged with the regulatory process or shown remediation, and the striking-off order will take effect on 23 April 2026.
18 March 2026Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
The GDC tribunal decided that Hannah Susan White's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered her erasure from the dental care professionals register. The Professional Conduct Committee found that Miss White had submitted whitening tray prescriptions in her own name without proper authorisation, taken cash totalling £668 and teeth whitening gel from her employer without permission, and provided gel to colleagues outside her scope of practice. All charges were found proved. The Committee found no evidence of genuine insight or remorse, and determined that only erasure adequately protected the public.
18 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Glory Ogechi Nwachukwu-Udaku, a registered adult nurse from Northallerton, on 18 March 2026. The panel found that, while working at Woodlands Hospital, she had failed to meet the required standards in professionalism, record-keeping, infection control, and clinical skill, and that, at Mount Vale Care Home in August 2022, she had administered Lorazepam to a resident without it being prescribed and dishonestly attempted to conceal what she had done. The panel concluded the misconduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
17 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Yvette Walker's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 17 March 2026. Ms Walker, a registered adult nurse from Yorkshire, had been referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee over allegations that, as a clinical manager and practice nurse, she had kept inaccurate or incomplete records, had been dishonest in backdating records, and had instructed another member of staff to record inaccurate entries. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied the allegations were not likely to result in striking off and that the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
16 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Kahyana Emari Davis, a registered midwife from Bristol, on 16 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. Her registration had been suspended over two incidents of dishonesty in a clinical setting that put a vulnerable patient at risk, but she had not engaged with the NMC since September 2024 and had not demonstrated insight or remediation. The panel concluded a further suspension would serve no useful purpose, and the striking-off order will take effect on 23 April 2026 when the current suspension expires.
16 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Tabitha Lowe's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 16 March 2026. Ms Lowe, a registered adult nurse from Greater London, had been referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee over allegations that she accessed a patient's records without clinical justification, shared medical information in a witness statement, and was dishonest about it. The Assistant Registrar was satisfied that, taking into account her insight and the isolated nature of the incident, the allegations were not likely to result in striking off and the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
11 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Blessing Nneka Nwosu had committed serious misconduct on the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Leeds General Infirmary in 2022, including medication errors, failures to monitor critically ill patients, and dishonestly falsifying observation records. It also found that she dishonestly worked at a care home in 2023 in breach of an interim conditions of practice order. The panel ordered that she be struck off the register and imposed an interim suspension order of 18 months.
26 February 2026HCPCParamedic
James J Hughes
The HCPTS panel decided that James J Hughes should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
26 February 2026HCPCParamedic
Philip Bastable
The HCPTS panel decided that Philip Bastable should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
26 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive meeting for Vanessa Wells in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1 (in relation to 4,10,14 July 2023, 2, 5 September 2023 set out in Schedule 1), 2 (in relation to 4,10,14 July 2023, 2, 5 September 2023 set out in Schedule 1).... It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
24 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review hearing for Shirley McLean in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Shirley McLean's existing Suspension order (12 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
17 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC agreed to remove Rodrigo Ringor from the register after Rodrigo Ringor applied for agreed removal. The decision states that no allegation had yet been substantively proved by a statutory committee, and that the public interest was best served by allowing Rodrigo Ringor to leave the register.
16 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Jayne Carson's fitness to practise was impaired after proved findings that she misappropriated money, falsified records and signatures, and made misleading patient-fund records. The panel also found a private health charge proved, while one dishonesty charge was not proved. It imposed a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension order.
11 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Miss Jane Barker, a registered adult nurse employed as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy, attended work whilst unfit for duty, misappropriated controlled drugs, and was convicted of theft and possession of a Class A drug. The panel found all charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order on 11 February 2026.
10 February 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Attiya Sheikh's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction. In May 2025 she was convicted of handling stolen personal protective equipment taken from NHS Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic and was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment. The tribunal concluded the offending was premeditated, persistent and connected to her role as a doctor, and that she had shown no meaningful insight or remediation. On 10 February 2026 it directed that her name be erased from the medical register and imposed an immediate order.
9 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC found that Cindy Odgers, a registered midwife, applied for agreed removal from the NMC register following a referral alleging she dishonestly took drugs from her workplace and consumed them on duty. No allegation had been substantively proved before a statutory committee. The NMC's Assistant Registrar agreed to her removal from the register on 9 February 2026.
9 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies
The NMC agreed to remove Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies from the register following her application for agreed removal. She had been convicted of making false instruments and stealing Zopiclone tablets and NHS prescriptions from Morriston Hospital, and was sentenced to a suspended prison term. The NMC's Assistant Registrar was satisfied that Laura Elizabeth Barbara Davies no longer intended to work as a registered nurse and that agreed removal served the public interest.
9 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
The NMC found that Ms Bjork Sabino, a registered midwife, had her fitness to practise reviewed following a 12-month suspension for misconduct and lack of competence including dishonesty. The panel found she had taken no steps to remediate during the suspension period and had no intention to return to nursing. The panel concluded the only appropriate sanction was a striking-off order, taking effect on 18 March 2026.
5 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Louise Graham, a registered nurse in North Lanarkshire, took medication from hospital supplies for personal use on one or more occasions between October and November 2023, acting dishonestly. The panel found the conduct fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order.
4 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Helen McLaughlan, a nurse at Wexham Park Hospital, dispensed medication from the hospital's automated system on numerous occasions without clinical justification between November 2020 and April 2021, taking it for personal use. The panel found this conduct dishonest and fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, and imposed a striking-off order.
30 January 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Velmurugan Kuppuswamy's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and directed his erasure from the Medical Register. The tribunal found he had engaged in sexual harassment and sexually motivated conduct towards two junior female colleagues while working as a locum consultant. It noted he had previously been erased for dishonesty in 2012 before being restored in 2020, and found limited meaningful insight and a risk of repetition. An immediate order was imposed pending appeal.
21 January 2026HCPCHearing Aid Dispenser
Ahsan Ali
The HCPTS panel decided that Ahsan Ali should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
16 January 2026HCPCOccupational Therapist
Manna Reji
The HCPTS panel decided that Manna Reji should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
15 January 2026HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Zoe L Heeks
The HCPTS panel decided that Zoe L Heeks should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
14 January 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Mohammed Munaf's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and directed his erasure from the Medical Register. The tribunal found he had repeatedly posted antisemitic, racist and sexist content on social media over a two-year period, had dishonestly issued a sick note while his licence was suspended by an interim order, and had breached his interim conditions. The tribunal found no evidence of insight or remediation.
14 January 2026HCPCPhysiotherapist
Soraya Jurado Gonzalez
The HCPTS panel decided that Soraya Jurado Gonzalez should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
19 December 2025HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Emma-Jo Montgomery
The HCPTS panel decided that Emma-Jo Montgomery should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
17 December 2025HCPCParamedic
Natalie Twomey
The HCPTS panel decided that Natalie Twomey should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
11 December 2025HCPCChiropodist Podiatrist
Dermot Hynan
The HCPTS panel decided that Dermot Hynan should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
4 December 2025HCPCOccupational Therapist
Eric Izydorczyk
The HCPTS panel decided that Eric Izydorczyk should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
18 November 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ayesha Khan was convicted in October 2022 of dishonestly forging multiple prescriptions to obtain controlled drugs for herself, and of failing to disclose her prior conviction and a GMC warning when applying for employment. The tribunal determined that her fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and conviction. Due to the persistent nature of her dishonesty across several years and her lack of insight, the tribunal decided that erasure from the Medical Register was the only appropriate sanction.
12 November 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Masud Prodhan self-prescribed medication by issuing prescriptions to a close personal contact on seven occasions over nearly four years, then denied this in a formal NHS investigation witness statement and again in a subsequent interview. His practices also had multiple CQC regulatory failures. The tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired and, despite his admissions and personal circumstances, determined that his persistent dishonesty and limited insight made erasure from the Medical Register the only appropriate sanction. Dr Prodhan has lodged an appeal.
5 September 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Carlos Gomes De Sanches Damas. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
31 July 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Amanda Booth. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
23 December 2024GPHCPharmacist
Sithembile Sibanda
The GPhC committee decided that Sithembile Sibanda should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
17 December 2024GPHCPharmacist
Modie Al-Shakarchi
The GPhC committee decided that Modie Al-Shakarchi should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a conviction case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
13 November 2024GPHCPharmacy Technician
James Nicholls
The GPhC committee decided that James Nicholls should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a caution and misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
31 October 2024GPHCPharmacist
Thomas Cave
The GPhC committee decided that Thomas Cave should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
3 June 2024GPHCPharmacy Technician
Jennie Dawn Collins
The GPhC committee decided that Jennie Dawn Collins should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
28 March 2024GPHCPharmacist
Bhavin Kantilal Shah
The GPhC committee decided that Bhavin Kantilal Shah should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
31 January 2024GPHCPharmacy Technician
Sarah-Jane Forrest
The GPhC committee decided that Sarah-Jane Forrest should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
21 December 2023GPHCPharmacist
Olutomi Olaide Adedeji
The GPhC committee decided that Olutomi Olaide Adedeji should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a conviction/misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.