Healthcare regulator insights
Sexual misconduct in healthcare regulator erasure decisions
This page groups published erasure determinations where regulator-derived summaries include sexual misconduct, sexualised behaviour, or professional-boundary language. Categories describe broad themes in the regulator's published findings. They are not new allegations by MedicWatch.
146
matching published erasure determinations
21.1%
of 693 erasure determinations in scope
23 September 2022
earliest matching decision
11 September 2026
latest matching decision
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Profession breakdown
- Allied-Health77
- Nurses48
- Doctors19
- Pharmacy2
Regulator breakdown
- Health and Care Professions Council77
- Nursing and Midwifery Council48
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service19
- General Pharmaceutical Council2
Matching source-backed determinations
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's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Carlo Federico Spatola's striking off after reviewing earlier professional-boundary breaches involving contact with a patient on social media. The panel found no evidence of insight, reflection or steps to address the concerns and found his fitness to practise remained impaired. It concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order was to take effect at the end of 16 October 2026.
11 September 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered physiotherapist Arthur Martial to be removed from the register from 24 October 2026 following a suspension review. The earlier case concerned professional boundaries and clinical recordkeeping. The panel acknowledged developing insight and regret but found insufficient evidence of remediation and continuing impairment. It concluded that conditions were unworkable and further suspension would serve no useful purpose.
10 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Mark Frances Madriaga to be struck off following convictions for sexual offences involving children. The panel acknowledged his developing insight and reflection but found that the concerns had not been sufficiently addressed and that a risk of repetition remained. It concluded that lesser sanctions would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence in nursing. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
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 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.
8 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered David Allister Bradley to be struck off following a common-assault conviction involving a colleague. An earlier sexual-assault conviction had been quashed on appeal. The panel acknowledged his apology and training but found incomplete insight and a significant risk of repetition, including similar previous disciplinary concerns. It accepted a consensual determination and imposed interim suspension to cover the appeal period.
3 September 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that William Russell Dunn engaged in sexually motivated misconduct towards a junior colleague and made an offensive comment to a patient’s wife. A separate allegation concerning another patient was not proved. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and ordered striking off, citing a lack of insight or remediation. It imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
28 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered physiotherapist Allan James McRoberts to be struck off following a sexual-assault conviction and findings about a sexual message to a student. The panel found an abuse of his position as a lecturer, harm to the student and continuing impairment, with limited insight and insufficient evidence of remediation. A separate interim suspension applies during the appeal process before the final order takes effect.
27 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel ordered David R Nelson to be struck off after finding sexually motivated touching of two yoga participants, lack of consent and a confidentiality breach. An allegation of exposing underwear was not proved, the related sexual-motivation charge was dismissed, and disclosure of test results was not proved. The panel found current impairment, limited insight and a risk of repetition. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal, for a maximum of 18 months.
25 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
The HCPTS panel ordered David Woodhouse to be struck off after finding misconduct in patient care, records, professional boundaries and discriminatory comments. It rejected several allegations and found no lack of competence. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, citing repeated conduct and a lack of insight or remediation. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period, or an appeal if brought, for up to 18 months. The striking-off order takes effect under the applicable appeal arrangements.
25 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC panel decided to strike Romulus Berejena off for sexual misconduct involving a patient and a colleague. It rejected the allegation that he intended to violate the colleague’s dignity or create an offensive environment, while finding that his conduct had that effect. The panel recognised developing insight but found continuing impairment and concluded that suspension would be insufficient. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
21 August 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal directed Dr William Smerdon's removal from the medical register after finding sexual misconduct involving two vulnerable patients. This included a sexual relationship with one patient and non-consensual kissing and touching of another. It imposed an immediate suspension, finding limited insight and a continuing risk of repetition. Allegations that he controlled or manipulated the first patient were not proved, and several other allegations were also rejected.
20 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee struck Iain Scott Laing off the register after finding his fitness to practise impaired by a conviction for threatening or abusive behaviour with sexual aggravation. The panel found a continuing risk of repetition, limited insight, no meaningful remediation and a serious breach of trust involving repeated conduct in a family home.
20 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Ajith Moothedath Sethumadhavan
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee struck Ajith Moothedath Sethumadhavan off the register after finding his fitness to practise impaired by convictions for two sexual offences against a girl under 13. The panel found his conduct fundamentally incompatible with remaining registered, citing the seriousness of the convictions, a lack of insight and remorse, and a risk of repetition.
17 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The HCPTS panel ordered paramedic Gary Hutton to be struck off following two convictions for attempting to arrange or facilitate child sexual offences. The panel found current impairment, a high risk of repetition and no evidence of insight or remediation. It concluded that no lesser sanction would protect the public and maintain confidence. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final order takes effect.
17 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Steven David Wenman, a registered nurse, sent suggestive messages to one colleague, made comments of a sexual nature to two others, and ignored a third colleague in conduct the panel found amounted to bullying. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct, noting very limited insight and minimal remediation, and imposed a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
14 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found nursing associate Anthony Nethercott's fitness to practise impaired by his criminal convictions. Bristol Crown Court convicted him on 23 October 2025 of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause a child aged 13 to 15 to watch an image of sexual activity, and attempting to cause a female aged 13 or over to engage in penetrative sexual activity. The panel struck him off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
13 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Melwinraj Manirajan, a registered nurse, put his finger or fingers inside a junior colleague's vagina without her consent on or around 14 April 2022, and did not stop when she said no and tried to remove his hand. The panel found the conduct was sexually motivated and amounted to serious sexual misconduct, and that his insight remained limited four years on. It found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an interim suspension order of 18 months.
13 August 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Radiographer Matthew Izett was ordered struck off after the panel found that he made sexually motivated attempts to film three colleagues changing without their knowledge. It found serious misconduct and continuing impairment, with no demonstrated insight or remediation and a significant risk of repetition. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period before the substantive order takes effect.
12 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Aswani Kumar Dreepaul's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction. In March 2025 he was convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, after exchanging messages with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. The panel said his insight was very limited and that his conduct was incompatible with remaining on the register. It made a striking-off order and imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months.
11 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Adam David Feary was convicted at Norwich Crown Court in August 2025 of three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child, possessing extreme pornographic images and possessing a paedophile manual. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of the convictions, that he showed limited insight, and struck him off the register.
6 August 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Ioan Marian Fechete failed to appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on 23 January 2025 to answer criminal charges under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and did not surrender after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Those criminal charges have not been tried. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and made a striking-off order, with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
30 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Kenneth Macadaeg touched Patient A's penis without clinical justification on more than one occasion during a night shift in February 2024, and told him he had 'a very strong erection'. The panel found both actions were sexually motivated. It found three further charges not proved, including allegations involving a second patient. The panel decided his fitness to practise was impaired, struck him off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
29 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Alexandru Gabriel Jigoreanu was convicted at Leeds Crown Court on 27 February 2025 of making an indecent photograph of a child, contrary to the Protection of Children Act 1978. The panel decided his fitness to practise was impaired by reason of that conviction, noting he had shown no insight and had not addressed its concerns. It imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order covering the 28-day appeal period.
27 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC decided to accept Kimberley Jane Turton's application for agreed removal from the register after considering concerns about care, record keeping, consent, scope of practice and other matters. She accepted some concerns, but no allegation had been substantively proved. The Assistant Registrar found that accepting her removal best served the public interest.
22 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mark James Rebustes's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his convictions. In May 2025 at Dundee Sheriff Court he was convicted of taking or making, and possessing, indecent photographs of children between 2019 and 2023. The panel found the convictions very serious, noted he had disengaged from the regulatory process and shown no insight or remorse, and imposed a striking-off order, with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
17 July 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Paramedic Gavin Boa was ordered struck off after convictions for sexual offences towards a colleague. The panel found that his conduct caused harm and that limited insight and a lack of demonstrated remediation left a high risk of repetition. It found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a separate interim suspension to cover the appeal period.
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's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Adam Culverwell's fitness to practise was impaired after he was convicted at Bournemouth Crown Court of sexual activity offences against a vulnerable patient in his care, for which he was sentenced to seven years in prison. On 16 July 2026 the panel imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension in case of appeal.
13 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace Mohamad Kanu's suspension order with a striking-off order at a review hearing on 13 July 2026. His fitness to practise remained impaired: he had not engaged with the NMC or provided evidence of remediation since a 2025 hearing over a medication error, a lack of candour and a breach of professional boundaries. The striking-off order takes effect at the end of 19 August 2026.
8 July 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPractitioner psychologist
The HCPTS panel found that Nadine Field committed misconduct involving patient records, alcohol at work, discriminatory comments and asking a patient to buy alcohol. It ordered striking off, with a separate interim suspension during the appeal period. The panel found emotional harm to the patient and insufficient insight and remediation overall. A separate allegation of treating patients while signed off work was not proved.
2 July 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel found that Martin Duxbury committed misconduct involving sexually motivated communications, professional-boundary breaches and racially derogatory language towards colleagues. It ordered striking off, with a separate interim suspension pending appeal. Allegations of blocking a colleague's exit, aggressive conduct towards another colleague and booking leave contrary to procedure were not proved. The panel found continuing impairment and insufficient evidence of meaningful insight or remediation.
1 July 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that David Robson, a registered nurse, was convicted at Teesside Magistrates' Court of distributing and making indecent photographs of a child. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his convictions, citing the seriousness of the offending and his absence of insight, and imposed a striking-off order. An interim suspension order was made to cover the appeal period.
24 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Eliot Aluge, a mental health nurse in London, pursued a sexual relationship with a vulnerable inpatient detained under the Mental Health Act, exposed himself to her on the ward, asked her for money and repeatedly contacted her without clinical justification. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and struck him off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
15 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Cameron William James Reid, a children's nurse, was convicted in March 2025 of possessing an extreme pornographic image and of making and possessing indecent images of children. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, accepted a consensual panel determination agreed with the NMC, and imposed a striking-off order. An 18-month interim suspension order covers any appeal period.
12 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sarah Pike, a registered nurse at a nursing home in Exeter, failed to maintain professional boundaries with a resident by giving him her personal phone number and visiting his home to share alcohol, referred to a colleague using a derogatory term within a resident's earshot, and did not wear a face covering while working during the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel decided these attitudinal concerns amounted to misconduct, that her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order. Several other charges were found not proved.
10 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Elliot Burns, a GP, engaged in an improper emotional and sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient between July 2013 and March 2015, including exchanging sexualised messages and images and three instances of sexual activity while she was his patient. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by his misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.
9 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Matthew Jones, a GP, carried out sexually motivated examinations of two patients in 2015 that were not clinically indicated, touching their genital areas, and that one patient was vulnerable due to her mental health. It also found he took sexual photographs of himself on a hospital landing in 2019. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.
5 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse William Sinclair Malcolm was convicted at Newcastle Crown Court in March 2025 of sexual assault, ill-treatment or wilful neglect of individuals in his care, and racially aggravated harassment, and was sentenced to 39 months' imprisonment. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his convictions, identified serious attitudinal concerns and no insight, and imposed a striking-off order.
5 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Cheryl Lee Feltner's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found she had entered an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable 16-year-old she had cared for, contacted them without clinical justification, encouraged them to abscond from their care home, and given them money. Finding a real risk of repetition, it made a striking-off order.
5 June 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Juliette Johnson's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found she had breached professional boundaries and acted with a lack of integrity by accepting monetary gifts totalling £39,300, in twelve cheques, from an elderly patient and his wife over about two and a half years. It made a striking-off order.
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 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
The HCPTS panel ordered Michael Hollingworth to be struck off after finding that he accessed or possessed five indecent images of children. An allegation of uploading images was removed because there was no supporting evidence. The panel found misconduct, current impairment and a risk of repetition. It proceeded on the underlying conduct rather than a conviction ground because the criminal case ended in a conditional discharge. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal.
29 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
The HCPTS panel ordered Mamady Konate to be struck off after finding that he engaged in sexual activity with a colleague in an operating theatre during working hours. It found a risk of patient harm from compromising the sterile area, limited insight and no demonstrated remediation. No actual patient harm was established. Lack of consent was not charged or determined. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal for up to 18 months.
28 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Simon Mudepu, a mental health nurse from North Yorkshire, engaged in sexually motivated conduct and harassment towards two junior female colleagues between February and July 2024, including unwanted physical contact and comments. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
27 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel approved a consent order striking off Geoffrey P Fitzgerald following convictions for attempted sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity. He admitted the allegation and impairment and agreed to striking off. The panel found the order protected the public and was consistent with the public interest. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal, for a maximum of 18 months.
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.
20 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Andre Miguel Maia Seica Neves, a senior staff nurse in Bristol, performed ECGs and a bladder scan on junior colleagues and invited them to practise procedures on him, contrary to standard training practice, and that his actions were sexually motivated, seeking sexual gratification. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and struck him off the register, imposing an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal.
18 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPractitioner psychologist
The HCPTS panel ordered Lucy Leonard to be struck off after a hearing conducted in private to protect another person's identity and private life. The published decision redacts the substantive findings. Leonard has appealed, and an interim suspension remains in place until the appeal ends, subject to a maximum of 18 months.
18 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel ordered Rodrigo J Cabral Rodrigues to be removed from the register after finding persistent sexual misconduct towards a colleague, including sexual assault, intimidation and abuse of his senior position. It found the conduct fundamentally incompatible with registration and imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
14 May 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Mohan Babu's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of his conviction. In January 2024 he was convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court of four counts of sexual assault against three female patients, committed while he worked as a locum GP, and was sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment. The tribunal found the conduct incompatible with continued registration, erased his name from the medical register and imposed an immediate order of suspension.
13 May 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel ordered Jonathan Chaplin to be struck off after considering his convictions for attempting sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity. It found the offending incompatible with registration and imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
7 May 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Mark Westbrook, a retired GP, was convicted at Newport Magistrates' Court in November 2025 of three offences of making indecent images of children, for which he received a suspended prison sentence, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a 10-year notification requirement. The tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his conviction and, noting the high risk to public protection and absence of insight or remediation, erased his name from the medical register.
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.
1 May 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Eruore Augustina Obibi's fitness to practise remained impaired when it reviewed her suspension order on 1 May 2026. The original charges, found proved, included failing to preserve patient safety, failing to carry out one-to-one observation of a patient, and behaving inappropriately towards a patient in breach of professional boundaries. Citing her disengagement and lack of insight, the panel replaced the suspension with a striking-off order effective 12 June 2026.
23 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sean Brian Patrick Kelly's fitness to practise was impaired after his conviction at Worthing Magistrates' Court for attempting to send sexual communications to a child and for making an indecent photograph of a child. The panel accepted a consensual panel determination and imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
17 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that mental health nurse Sarah-Jane Swift should be struck off the register. The panel found that on 13 April 2022 she touched a vulnerable colleague's bare chest without his consent during a workplace incident, and that this was sexual in nature and harassed him. The committee found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order on 17 April 2026. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also imposed to cover the appeal period.
17 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided that children's nurse Kelly-Marie Porter should be struck off the register. The panel found that on 9 April 2025 she was convicted at Plymouth Magistrates' Court of making indecent images of a child and possessing an extreme pornographic image. She was sentenced to 32 weeks suspended imprisonment and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. The committee found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of her conviction and imposed a striking-off order on 17 April 2026, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.
16 April 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel ordered James Kirkwood to be struck off after finding serious misconduct involving racist and sexual comments, obscene material and inappropriate physical conduct towards colleagues. It found no meaningful insight and a high risk of repetition, and imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
13 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Caroline Seabrook, a Band 7 mental health nurse, formed an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old child service user, gave him lifts and drugs, drove under the influence with him in the car, and continued contact after her employer told her to stop. She was twice convicted of drink and drug driving. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and ordered her to be struck off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
10 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC found that Kate Sullivan, a registered mental health nurse, had an undeclared sexual relationship with a colleague, had sexual intercourse with him in the workplace, breached professional boundaries with a vulnerable patient, refused to provide care to a patient, did not report serious incidents, manipulated staffing to spend time with the colleague, and was unprofessional toward other colleagues. The panel decided her fitness to practise is impaired and ordered her name to be struck off the register.
1 April 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC decision of 1 April 2026 records that Petros Mouskafidis was convicted on 8 May 2024 of intentional exposure under Northern Ireland sexual-offences legislation. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and ordered striking off. This is a report of that regulatory decision; the NMC register is the source for current registration status.
27 March 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
The HCPTS panel decided that Colin Fernandes should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
23 March 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Jonathon Dean, an anaesthetic trainee, injected a woman with anaesthetic drugs in her bedroom in December 2018 for sexual purposes, without the equipment to monitor her safely. He also admitted attending two London hospitals against instructions and was later convicted at Cambridge Crown Court of nine counts of theft and one of possessing a Class A drug, receiving 25 months in prison. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register.
18 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Sunil Mushtaq, a registered adult nurse from Exeter, on 18 March 2026. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his March 2025 conviction at Exeter Crown Court for sexual assault upon a female, committed in October 2022 while he was the agency nurse caring for the patient in the emergency department. He received an 18-month suspended prison sentence and is on the Sex Offenders' Register for ten years. The case was concluded by Consensual Panel Determination. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
18 March 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel decided that Robert M Williams should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
17 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on David Kenneth Paul Mckeown, a registered adult nurse from Belfast, on 17 March 2026. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of a January 2024 conviction at Belfast Magistrates Court for sending grossly offensive or indecent communications, namely online messages referring to sexual activity with children, contrary to section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003. He had received a one-month suspended sentence. The panel concluded that the conduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
13 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC accepted Paul Michael Ashton's application for agreed removal from the nursing register on 13 March 2026. Mr Ashton, a registered adult nurse from Sheffield, had been convicted in February 2025 of intentionally exposing his genitals, contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and was sentenced to a nine-month community order. The Assistant Registrar concluded that he no longer intends to nurse, the allegation was not likely to result in striking off, and the public interest was best served by agreeing the removal.
5 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Robertson, a community mental health nurse, was convicted at Lincoln Crown Court of sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder by a care worker, against a patient under his care. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and added to the Sex Offenders Register for ten years. By Consensual Panel Determination, the panel directed that he be struck off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.
5 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Mhlanga, a mental health nurse, breached professional boundaries with three colleagues, including two student nurses he supervised, and that most of his conduct was sexually motivated. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and directed that he be struck off the register. An 18-month interim suspension order was imposed to cover the appeal period.
4 March 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Michael Brendan McLaren had committed misconduct involving sexually motivated and harassing behaviour towards female colleagues at NHS Lanarkshire in 2022, and had brought a knife into the workplace. The panel found his fitness to practise was impaired and ordered that he be struck off the NMC register. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed to cover any appeal period.
26 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Jiby Jose in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for 1a), 1b), 1c), 1d), 1e), 1f), 1g), 1h), 1i), 1j), 1k), 1l), 3 in relation to 1a) – 1h), 4 in relation to 1a) – 1h), 5 a), 5c), 5e) 6 in relation to 5a), 5c) and 5e) and.... 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.
25 February 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ju Young Um's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction for 23 voyeurism offences in Glasgow in April 2025, for which he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with a 9-month extended licence period and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years. The conviction concerned covert recordings of 28 victims in his home and in hospital staff accommodation between 2020 and 2023. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register and imposed an immediate order of suspension.
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.
19 February 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Thomas O'Neill's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register. At Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 17 February 2025 he was convicted of communicating indecently with a 15-year-old child between November 2019 and May 2020 by sending sexually explicit messages and intimate images, and was made subject to the sex offender notification requirements. The tribunal found no evidence of insight or remediation and imposed an immediate order so that the suspension takes effect at once.
17 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive meeting for James Mark Allen in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b)(ii), 3(a)(i), 3(a)(ii), 3(a)(iii), 3(a)(iv), 3(b)(i), 3(b)(ii), 3(b)(iii), 3(b)(iv), 4(a), 4(b) and 4(c). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
16 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review meeting for Tasleem Akhtar in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Tasleem Akhtar's existing Suspension order (6 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
13 February 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel decided that Christopher Gyiripah should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
9 February 2026Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The HCPTS panel decided that Daniel Plant should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
5 February 2026Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tracy Jane Chamberlain, a Clinical Lead at Springfield Hospital, engaged in racially motivated and discriminatory conduct, bullying, and inappropriate behaviour toward multiple colleagues between 2022 and 2023. The panel found that her conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order.
3 February 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ian Hudson's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction and misconduct. In July 2024 he was convicted of two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child after sexualised online exchanges in 2023 with undercover police officers posing as children. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment (suspended), placed on the sex offenders register for ten years and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He had also delayed notifying the GMC. On 3 February 2026 the tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register, with an immediate 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.
27 January 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Saheb Peer Shabaz Khalander sexually harassed a junior colleague, Ms A, on 31 May 2022 by touching her thigh in a sexually motivated manner while she sought his clinical advice. The tribunal found his conduct lay at the high end of the spectrum of seriousness and that he had demonstrated no meaningful insight or remediation. The tribunal directed his erasure from the Medical Register and imposed an immediate suspension order.
23 January 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Alan Campbell's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of a conviction at Downpatrick Crown Court for possession and making of indecent photographs of children. The tribunal found the offending spanned 2014 to 2022, involved 211 illegal images and videos including Category A material, and that he had extremely limited insight and had provided no evidence of remediation. The tribunal directed his erasure from the Medical Register.
15 December 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
The HCPTS panel decided that Chris Smith should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
11 December 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilChiropodist / podiatrist
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.
3 December 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Stefan engaged in repeated acts of sexually motivated conduct towards three junior colleagues at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth between August 2022 and February 2023. The tribunal found the conduct constituted sexual harassment, was an abuse of his more senior position, and continued after Trust and police investigations. The tribunal found no insight, remorse, or remediation, and determined that erasure was the only appropriate and proportionate sanction.
26 November 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Davis was convicted on 14 December 2023 at Manchester Crown Court of indecent assault and assault by penetration against two female patients during consultations in 1995 and 2006. He was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment. The tribunal found no insight or remediation, assessed the risk to public protection as high, and determined erasure was the only appropriate sanction. An immediate order was imposed.
21 November 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Arunoday committed serious sexual misconduct against a colleague, Ms A, on more than one occasion while working as a Neonatal Consultant at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The tribunal found that his actions constituted rape, predatory behaviour, and an abuse of his more senior position. The tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired and decided that erasure from the Medical Register was the only appropriate sanction. Dr Arunoday has lodged an appeal against the tribunal's decisions, and his registration remains suspended while the appeal is considered.
18 November 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
The HCPTS panel found that operating department practitioner Lee Turner repeatedly made sexually motivated comments and physical contact towards colleagues, including pinning one colleague to an operating table. It found misconduct and current impairment, with very limited insight and a continuing risk of repetition. The panel struck him off and imposed an interim suspension for the appeal period.
14 November 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
The HCPTS panel found that Aron Moorhouse committed sexually motivated misconduct towards two service users during several physiotherapy appointments and failed to obtain informed consent. Applying the civil standard after his earlier criminal acquittal, it found most particulars proved and his fitness to practise impaired on personal and public grounds. The panel ordered striking off and imposed an 18-month interim suspension during the appeal period.
17 October 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Emmanuel Hakem. 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.
16 October 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The HCPTS panel found that paramedic Peter J Burningham's fitness to practise was impaired after five convictions for distributing and making indecent images of children. It found current impairment on personal and public grounds, citing limited insight, no evidence of rehabilitation and risks to children and public confidence. The panel ordered his name struck from the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension for the appeal period.
14 October 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
The HCPTS panel considered radiographer Vinod Ramachandran's convictions for attempted child sexual offences and his failure to notify the regulator. It found limited insight and remorse, a continuing risk of sexual offending and no willingness to address the behaviour. Because lesser sanctions could not protect service users or public confidence, the panel struck him off.
9 October 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilArts therapist
The HCPTS panel considered arts therapist Sally Carson's agreement to leave the Register after admitting failures to report and record two serious safeguarding disclosures. It found that she understood the consequences and that voluntary removal offered the same public protection as striking off. The panel approved her removal from the Register.
7 October 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
The HCPTS panel found that Steven Douglas's fitness to practise was impaired following his conviction for an offence involving indecent images of children. It found an ongoing risk, no insight or remediation, and conduct incompatible with registration, and struck him off.
24 September 2025Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
The HCPTS panel found that operating department practitioner Howard Graham took controlled drugs home from his hospital and failed to report or return them. It also considered his convictions for attempting sexual communication with children and attempting to meet a boy following grooming. Finding no insight, remorse or remediation and a high risk of repetition, the panel struck him off.
28 August 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Stephen Cox. 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.