NurseNursing and Midwifery Council 96J0102N
David Kenneth Paul Mckeown
David Kenneth Paul Mckeown, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 96J0102N). Most recent decision: Struck off the register (the regulator’s term: erasure) on 17 March 2026 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Current status
Most recent outcome: Struck off the register (the regulator’s term: erasure), decided 17 March 2026 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
What does “struck off the register” mean?
Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.
View the source determination on Nursing and Midwifery Council
Decisions and hearings
Nursing and Midwifery Councilsubstantive hearing
Struck off the register
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.
Practitioner details
- Specialty
- Adult nursing
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