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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174 total
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Mhlanga, a mental health nurse, breached professional boundaries with three colleagues, including two student nurses he supervised, and that most of his conduct was sexually motivated. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and directed that he be struck off the register. An 18-month interim suspension order was imposed to cover the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr O'Brien remains impaired and replaced his existing six-month suspension order with a striking-off order. The panel noted he had continued to disengage with the regulator, had not provided evidence of insight, reflection or steps to strengthen his practice, and remained liable to repeat the failings found proved. The strike-off takes effect at the end of 14 April 2026, when the current suspension order expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Robertson, a community mental health nurse, was convicted at Lincoln Crown Court of sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder by a care worker, against a patient under his care. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and added to the Sex Offenders Register for ten years. By Consensual Panel Determination, the panel directed that he be struck off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Michael Brendan McLaren had committed misconduct involving sexually motivated and harassing behaviour towards female colleagues at NHS Lanarkshire in 2022, and had brought a knife into the workplace. The panel found his fitness to practise was impaired and ordered that he be struck off the NMC register. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed to cover any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Jiby Jose in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for 1a), 1b), 1c), 1d), 1e), 1f), 1g), 1h), 1i), 1j), 1k), 1l), 3 in relation to 1a) – 1h), 4 in relation to 1a) – 1h), 5 a), 5c), 5e) 6 in relation to 5a), 5c) and 5e) and.... It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive meeting for Vanessa Wells in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1 (in relation to 4,10,14 July 2023, 2, 5 September 2023 set out in Schedule 1), 2 (in relation to 4,10,14 July 2023, 2, 5 September 2023 set out in Schedule 1).... It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Tom Bell in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for 1(i), 1(v), 1(vi), 1(vii), 3(i), 3(ii), 3(iii), 3(iv), 6a, 6b, and 7(i). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired (but not in relation to charges 6b and 7 (i). The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review hearing for Shirley McLean in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Shirley McLean's existing Suspension order (12 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Judith Margaret Nicholas in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a, 5, 7, 8 and 9a. It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Miss Rebecca Chappelle, a registered adult nurse, engaged in sustained bullying, intimidation and racially motivated discrimination toward overseas colleagues at a care home between December 2021 and March 2023. The panel found 14 charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and determined she demonstrated no insight or remorse. A striking-off order was imposed. Miss Chappelle did not attend and had not engaged with the proceedings.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive meeting for James Mark Allen in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b)(ii), 3(a)(i), 3(a)(ii), 3(a)(iii), 3(a)(iv), 3(b)(i), 3(b)(ii), 3(b)(iii), 3(b)(iv), 4(a), 4(b) and 4(c). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review meeting for Tasleem Akhtar in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Tasleem Akhtar's existing Suspension order (6 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review meeting for Lorraine Hill in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Lorraine Hill's existing Suspension order (6 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Jayne Carson's fitness to practise was impaired after proved findings that she misappropriated money, falsified records and signatures, and made misleading patient-fund records. The panel also found a private health charge proved, while one dishonesty charge was not proved. It imposed a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Mrs Yvonne Jane Kearsey, a registered adult nurse, failed to provide adequate care to three vulnerable care home residents in 2021, with multiple failings in record keeping, incident reporting and care planning. The panel found 17 charges proved, found her fitness to practise impaired, and concluded she had provided no evidence of insight or remediation. A striking-off order was imposed on 13 February 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Miss Jane Barker, a registered adult nurse employed as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy, attended work whilst unfit for duty, misappropriated controlled drugs, and was convicted of theft and possession of a Class A drug. The panel found all charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order on 11 February 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Ms Bjork Sabino, a registered midwife, had her fitness to practise reviewed following a 12-month suspension for misconduct and lack of competence including dishonesty. The panel found she had taken no steps to remediate during the suspension period and had no intention to return to nursing. The panel concluded the only appropriate sanction was a striking-off order, taking effect on 18 March 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Elizabeth Elaine Greenhill, a registered mental health nurse from Leeds, on 6 February 2026. The committee found charges of misconduct proved, including racially discriminatory conduct towards a colleague at a care home in 2019. The panel found no mitigating features and determined that the discriminatory behaviour was fundamentally incompatible with Ms Greenhill remaining on the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed Susan Diane Oosenbrugh's existing suspension order at a meeting on 6 February 2026 and found that her fitness to practise remained impaired. The original misconduct was linked to the death of a resident. No evidence of insight, remorse or remediation had been provided. The panel determined that a striking-off order was necessary, to take effect on 26 March 2026 when the existing suspension expired.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Louise Graham, a registered nurse in North Lanarkshire, took medication from hospital supplies for personal use on one or more occasions between October and November 2023, acting dishonestly. The panel found the conduct fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tracy Jane Chamberlain, a Clinical Lead at Springfield Hospital, engaged in racially motivated and discriminatory conduct, bullying, and inappropriate behaviour toward multiple colleagues between 2022 and 2023. The panel found that her conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and imposed a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Helen McLaughlan, a nurse at Wexham Park Hospital, dispensed medication from the hospital's automated system on numerous occasions without clinical justification between November 2020 and April 2021, taking it for personal use. The panel found this conduct dishonest and fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, and imposed a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed an existing suspension order on Dorothy Onwuteaka and found that her fitness to practise remained impaired. No evidence of insight or practice improvement had been provided despite guidance from multiple previous review panels. The panel determined that a striking-off order was the only sanction adequate to protect the public, to take effect on 12 March 2026 when the existing suspension expired.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Kirsty Victoria James, a registered adult nurse from Cheshire, at a review hearing on 2 February 2026, taking immediate effect. The panel found that she had not engaged with the regulatory process since the original substantive hearing in 2023, had not revalidated, and had provided no evidence of remediation or insight. The original charges included accessing patient records without authority and medication administration failures.