Published regulator decisions
UK nurses and midwives struck off the register in 2026
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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206 total
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Melanie Hayworth's striking off with immediate effect on 15 September 2026. Reviewing conditions imposed after medication errors, it found no new evidence of reflection, training or compliance with those conditions. The panel found continuing impairment and a risk of repetition. It concluded that further conditions or suspension would not adequately protect the public or serve the public interest.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Amanda Lillian Reid to be struck off following a conviction for pension fraud. The panel found sustained, planned dishonesty and insufficient evidence of insight or remediation. It acknowledged her guilty plea and acceptance of the regulatory concern, but concluded that lesser sanctions would not protect the public or maintain confidence in nursing. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Raphael Iyiewuare to be struck off after he admitted dishonest competency declarations and references, alongside clinical competence failings. The panel found that patients were put at risk but noted no evidence of actual harm. It acknowledged his admissions, mentoring and developing insight, but concluded that striking off was required. An interim suspension covers the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Razvan Luca's striking off after reviewing a suspension imposed for medication-related misconduct. It found no new evidence of reflection, improved practice or insight, and noted his lack of engagement and the DBS barring information before it. The panel found continuing impairment and concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order was to take effect at the end of 26 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Kiran Farooq to be struck off following convictions for involvement in supplying cocaine and ecstasy. The panel found insufficient insight or remediation and concluded that the serious drug offences were incompatible with continued registration. It acknowledged that the offending had not directly put patients at risk, but found wider public protection and confidence concerns. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Margaret Constantine's striking off following a review of earlier failures to assist during a medical emergency. The panel found no evidence of developing insight or steps to address the concerns, and found her fitness to practise remained impaired. It concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The striking-off order was to take effect at the end of 14 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Merja Hannele Hiidenkari to be struck off after findings concerning an attempted medication overdose, discriminatory correspondence and private health matters. The patient refused the tablets, so the excessive dose was not administered. The panel acknowledged that the discriminatory email was an isolated incident but found insufficient engagement, insight or remediation. An interim suspension covers the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Sabitha Joseph's striking off with immediate effect on 10 September 2026. The review concerned earlier findings of lack of competence across several areas of nursing care. The panel found no evidence of training, reflection or improved practice and found her fitness to practise remained impaired. After almost three years of suspension, it concluded that a further suspension would serve no useful purpose.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Susan Sanni slept on duty and dishonestly signed care records in advance during a July 2022 night shift. A separate allegation about knowing that care staff had missed hourly checks was not proved. The panel acknowledged positive subsequent practice and some remorse but found insufficient insight and remediation. In September 2026 it ordered striking off, with interim suspension during the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Mark De La Poer Beresford's striking off following a review of a six-month suspension on 8 September 2026. The published decision records continuing impairment in a health case and states that the order would take effect on 10 October 2026. The entire meeting was held in private, and the detailed reasons are not published in the document.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Dawn Elaine Sandy dishonestly recorded a risk assessment, encouraged a colleague to give false explanations about competency documents, and failed to ensure appropriate training and safety measures. Some parts of the allegations were not proved. The panel ordered striking off after finding current impairment and limited insight, with a separate interim suspension during the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC ordered Rossitsa Petkova's striking off after finding misconduct involving demeaning and threatening treatment of vulnerable residents, pushing a resident and shouting at a colleague. Five allegations had no case to answer, two were not proved, and another proved allegation was not misconduct. Despite positive testimonials, the panel found no insight or remediation and imposed interim suspension pending the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Beebee Rehanah Roopun to be struck off for dishonest failure to disclose safeguarding information during a fostering application. The case returned after the High Court set aside an earlier no-impairment decision. The panel acknowledged positive clinical references and some insight but found continuing risk and insufficient remediation. Separate dishonesty about notifying fostering deregistration had not been proved. Interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Zeriya Pamela Gandifere to be struck off following a review. The earlier case involved missed observations of a resident and a dishonest record. The panel found no evidence of improved insight or practice and concluded that fitness to practise remained impaired. It rejected further suspension and ordered removal to take effect at the end of 15 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered John Craigie's striking off after reviewing earlier failures in caring for and recording a resident's fall. It found no evidence of reflection, training or steps to address the concerns and found his fitness to practise remained impaired. The panel concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order was to take effect at the end of 8 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Gemma Marie Rankin to be struck off following a review of a suspension order. The published decision records continuing impairment and states that the striking-off order will take effect on 11 October 2026. The misconduct and health case was heard entirely in private, so the document does not disclose the underlying allegations or detailed reasons.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC panel decided to strike Lynn Rowan off after proving five allegations of degrading and abusive treatment of a vulnerable patient, including slapping her hand. It found continuing impairment and insufficient insight or remediation. No specific physical injury was identified. A separate interim suspension protects the public during the appeal period before the striking-off order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Maureen Brown’s fitness to practise was impaired following a hearing held entirely in private. The public notice records several charges proved, charge 4 not proved, and a striking-off order with a separate 18-month interim suspension. It identifies a conviction and health case but does not publish the allegations or detailed reasons.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
On 26 August 2026 the NMC review panel ordered Farrah Ayub’s immediate striking off after finding that she knowingly worked while suspended. The current NMC entry confirms removal by a fitness-to-practise panel. Personal matters were considered in private and are omitted from this account.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC panel decided to strike Suzanne Tuffnell off after findings of bullying and harassment and leaving a clinical unit without adequate communication. Two particulars were not proved, and two further proved particulars did not amount to serious misconduct. The panel found continuing impairment and insufficient insight or remediation. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Johanne Louise Walker committed misconduct by moving a vulnerable resident along a corridor in a sling and hoist instead of a wheelchair because she did not want to be spat at. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and ordered that she be struck off the register.
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'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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Agnes Cobbina remained impaired after she provided no new evidence of insight, remorse or remediation following findings about her response to a resident's critical condition. The panel found a risk of repetition, decided that further suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register.
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 CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Michelle Louise Tanner's fitness to practise remained impaired after she provided no evidence of insight, reflection, remediation or relevant training following findings that she accessed confidential medical records without clinical justification. The panel decided that further suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Diane Macdonald's fitness to practise remained impaired after receiving no new evidence that she had addressed clinical practice deficiencies previously found proved. The panel decided that another suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register when her current suspension expires.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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'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.