NurseNursing and Midwifery Council 71F1138E
Janet Valerie Burroughs
Janet Valerie Burroughs, nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council 71F1138E). Most recent decision: Erasure (struck off the register) on 14 May 2026 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Current status
Most recent outcome: Erasure (struck off the register), decided 14 May 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.
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Decisions and hearings
Nursing and Midwifery Councilsubstantive hearing
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Practitioner details
- Specialty
- Adult nursing
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