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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.
118
matching published erasure determinations
26.2%
of 451 erasure determinations in scope
21 December 2023
earliest matching decision
21 August 2026
latest matching decision
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Profession breakdown
- Nurses80
- Doctors13
- Dentists3
Regulator breakdown
- Nursing and Midwifery Council80
- HCPC14
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service13
- GPHC8
- Dental Professionals Hearings Service3
Matching source-backed determinations
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.
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.
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'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 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.
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 Gemma Louise Palfreman, a registered adult nurse, prescribed medication to patients without a prescribing qualification and without consulting a GP, carried out two vaginal examinations on a 13-year-old patient outside her competence, and treated someone she knew personally. The panel also found she acted dishonestly on two occasions. It decided her fitness to practise was impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order for the appeal period.
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
26 February 2026HCPCParamedic
Philip Bastable
The HCPTS panel decided that Philip Bastable should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
24 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review hearing for Shirley McLean in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Shirley McLean's existing Suspension order (12 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
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.