NurseNursing and Midwifery Council 71F1138E

Janet Valerie Burroughs

Erased from the register at last register check

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.

Last verified against the Nursing and Midwifery Council register on 16 July 2026.

Latest published outcome

Most recent outcome: Erasure (struck off the register), decided 14 May 2026 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

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Decisions and hearings

14 May 2026Nursing 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.
Full determination on MedicWatch Source page on Nursing and Midwifery Council Source PDF

Practitioner details

Specialty: Adult nursing

Sources

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Nursing and Midwifery Council — 14 May 2026 · Erasure

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