Published regulator decisions
UK nurses and midwives struck off the register
Being struck off removes the practitioner from the register. They are not permitted to practise that regulated profession in the UK while the erasure remains in force. This page is generated from source-backed determinations already published on MedicWatch.
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Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that registered nurse Julia Ann Nixon's fitness to practise remains impaired in two cases. Reviewing two 12-month suspension orders, the panel found she had not undertaken remediation, training or supervised practice and had not shown sufficient insight into failings in patient care and record-keeping. It replaced both suspension orders with striking-off orders, taking effect on 19 September and 27 November 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Keira Burton, a registered nurse working at HMP Preston, was convicted in July 2024 of conspiring to smuggle prohibited articles into prison and of being concerned in the supply of cannabis and another Class B drug. She was jailed for 20 months. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and struck her off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sunilkumar Pulickal Sasi, a registered adult nurse, was impaired by reason of misconduct. The panel found charges 2a to 2f proved and charge 3 proved by admission; charge 1 was not proved. It imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register, and an 18-month interim suspension order. The whole hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the details of the charges are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Kim Tracy Edmans's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction. In May 2025 she pleaded guilty to permitting premises she occupied to be used for supplying psilocybin, a Class A drug, in an operation run by her son. She received a suspended prison sentence. The panel said she had not engaged with its proceedings and had shown no insight, and it made a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 12-month suspension order on nurse Nimmy George and decided to replace it with a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 25 September 2026. The panel found her fitness to practise remains impaired by lack of competence and misconduct. It received no new evidence of insight or steps to strengthen her practice, and noted she has not engaged with the NMC since at least August 2024.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Asha Thomas Thoppram was convicted of common assault on 16 July 2025. The determination records that she was witnessed shouting and striking a resident's leg with a mop during a night shift at a nursing home. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of the conviction, citing limited insight, and made a striking-off order with an interim suspension order for 18 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ludo Msinamwa's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her conditions of practice order with a striking-off order. The panel was reviewing an order first imposed in August 2023 after she breached undertakings about falls management and record keeping. It noted she had not attended the last two review hearings and had provided no evidence of insight, remediation or compliance with the conditions. The order takes effect at the end of 7 September 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Karen Louise Grimley, a registered mental health nurse, accessed the clinical records of 22 patients at two NHS trusts between February and May 2020 without clinical justification, including records belonging to her father, a three-year-old child and colleagues. The panel found her explanations implausible, said her conduct showed deep-seated attitudinal issues, and found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct. It made a striking-off order. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 12-month suspension order imposed on registered nurse Valerie Jean Howard, whose fitness to practise was found impaired by reason of lack of competence following medication errors between 2016 and 2019. The panel found she had not engaged with the NMC and had provided no evidence of insight or strengthened practice. It decided to make a striking-off order, taking effect at the end of 21 September 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a 12-month suspension order imposed on registered nurse Hannah Kargbo in a case concerning lack of competence and health. The panel found that her fitness to practise remains impaired and decided to make a striking-off order, which takes effect at the end of 15 September 2026 under Article 30(1) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001. The meeting was held in private under Rule 19, so the substantive reasons are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Gareth John Hardstaff's fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register. The hearing, held in July 2026 in a misconduct and health case, took place entirely in private under Rule 19, so the panel's detailed findings are not public. An 18-month interim suspension order was also imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace Adrian Prostire's suspension order with a striking-off order at a review hearing on 13 July 2026. The original panel found the nursing associate slapped a resident on the back of their neck, an inappropriate use of force against a vulnerable patient. After two years of suspension with no evidence of insight or remediation, the panel concluded only striking-off would protect the public. The order takes effect on 19 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Prince Chigozie Aneke's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and made a striking-off order. The panel found proved a series of failings at two care homes in 2023, including an insulin error, failures to monitor and escalate care of vulnerable residents, repeated medication dispensing errors and failures to work cooperatively with colleagues. It concluded he had shown extremely limited insight. An 18-month interim suspension order was also imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Christie Okwaraji's fitness to practise remains impaired and directed that her name be struck off the register. At the fifth review of a conditions of practice order imposed in 2021 for lack of competence, the panel said she had not produced objective evidence of strengthened practice or remediation and that further conditions or a suspension would serve no useful purpose. The striking-off order takes effect on 17 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Gabrielle Jean Prettyman, a registered nurse and registered manager of Lound Hall Care Home in Norfolk, failed to ensure adequate care planning, wound management, nutrition monitoring and record keeping for multiple residents in 2016 and 2017, and failed to act on concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that David Mott's fitness to practise remains impaired and decided to impose a striking-off order. Reviewing a suspension order that followed findings he did not administer prescribed medication to numerous residents during a night shift, the panel said he had shown no insight or remorse, had told the NMC he did not intend to return to nursing, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. The order takes effect on 19 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Francis Dike's fitness to practise remains impaired and directed that his name be struck off the register. At a substantive order review meeting, the panel said it had no evidence that Mr Dike had complied with his conditions of practice order, shown insight, or maintained his skills, and noted he had not engaged with the NMC since October 2024. The striking-off order takes effect on 22 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Nsa Ita's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her suspension order with a striking-off order. Reviewing charges of lack of competence and misconduct in neonatal care, the panel said she had shown very limited insight, little evidence of strengthened practice, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. It concluded a further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order takes effect on 13 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Enkele Bonyeme, a registered nurse, remained impaired by reason of lack of competence when it reviewed a 30-month conditions of practice order imposed in January 2024. The panel had received no evidence that she had engaged, complied with the conditions or strengthened her practice, and concluded she was liable to repeat the failings. It replaced the order with a striking-off order, effective at the end of 5 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.