Published regulator decisions
UK nurses and midwives suspended from practice
A suspension is a time-limited pause on the right to practise. The source determination explains the period, review arrangements, and the regulator's reasons. This page is generated from source-backed determinations already published on MedicWatch.
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Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Shelley Rossiter, a senior nurse at Northampton General Hospital, accessed the clinical records of family members and family members of colleagues without authority or clinical justification on many occasions over a five-year period. The panel found there was no actual harm to patients but the conduct was a serious breach of the duty of confidentiality. It found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a six-month suspension order with review. No interim order was made.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ms Juliet Sunny Johnson, a registered mental health nurse, hit a patient with a plastic bottle on 10 September 2023 and later, in an April 2024 job application to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, dishonestly failed to disclose she was subject to an NMC investigation and an Interim Conditions of Practice Order. The panel suspended her from practice for 12 months and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order pending the conclusion of any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee, sitting as a Substantive Meeting, decided that Kevin James Knight, a registered nurse, has impaired fitness to practise on health grounds, and imposed a 12-month suspension order with review, together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The case was heard entirely in private under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Fitness to Practise Rules, so the underlying details are not published.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Grace Okanlawon, a registered nurse, remains impaired and replaced her existing 12-month conditions of practice order with a six-month suspension order taking effect on 22 May 2026. The panel found there was no evidence she had complied with her conditions of practice order or addressed the original concerns about clinical failings at a nursing home in 2022, including blood glucose monitoring, blood pressure checks, PEG feeding and record keeping.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
Vaisakh Thankappan Pillai Sreedevi
The NMC found that Vaisakh Sreedevi, a registered nurse, was the subject of a fitness to practise hearing on 7 April 2026 concerning a misconduct and health case. Five charges were proved by his agreement under a Consensual Panel Determination. The panel held the hearing entirely in private to protect his privacy, so the details of the charges have not been published. The panel decided his fitness to practise is impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension order with review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a six-month suspension order with review on Jenna Hannah Mackay, a registered adult nurse from Jersey, on 1 April 2026. The panel found that, between 2017 and 2021 at Jersey General Hospital, she had engaged in a pattern of bullying behaviour towards three junior colleagues, including unfair rostering, raised voices, and undermining comments, and that in May 2021 she had provided an inaccurate reference about a colleague that lacked integrity. The panel concluded she had limited insight into the nature and impact of bullying but that her clinical practice was high quality and that suspension would allow further reflection. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a 12-month suspension order with review on Charan Kanwal Sidhu, a registered adult nurse from Shropshire, on 25 March 2026. The panel found that, as registered manager and later owner of Oldbury Grange Nursing Home between 2015 and 2021, she had failed to adequately implement systems and procedures in areas including infection control, risk assessment, nutrition, equipment maintenance, fire safety, and waste disposal, and that these failings exposed residents to a risk of serious harm. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a six-month suspension order on Dhanwati Ramdarass, a registered mental health nurse from Hertfordshire, on 25 March 2026. The panel found that, as the registered provider and nominated individual of a care home as of June 2022, she had failed in her oversight responsibilities, including ensuring up-to-date medication administration training, adequate risk assessments for residents and for food hygiene, and proper safeguarding. The panel concluded vulnerable patients were exposed to a serious risk of harm and that she had limited insight, but accepted significant mitigation including the COVID-19 context and her training. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Hazel Claire Pitches had shown a lack of competence in drug calculations and medication administration at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, and had committed misconduct involving insulin administration and documentation failures at two care homes. The panel found her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a suspension order for 12 months with a review hearing at the end of that period. An interim suspension order of 18 months was also imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a six-month suspension order with no review on Nuriat Nantume Bukenya, a registered adult nurse from London, on 19 March 2026. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by a 2022 Wood Green Crown Court conviction for fraud by false representation: while a nursing manager at North Middlesex University Hospital, she sent an email from her NHS account falsely stating that her friend's brother had attended a hospital appointment, which was used as a false alibi in a serious criminal investigation. The case was concluded by Consensual Panel Determination and the panel was satisfied a single, isolated period of suspension would adequately mark the seriousness of the conviction.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 9 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Patience Kandenga, while caring for a vulnerable child at home in March 2021, made inaccurate records, failed to follow the care plan, used her phone and slept on a waking shift, and acted dishonestly about the records she created. The panel decided her fitness to practise is currently impaired and imposed a 9-month suspension order with a review, plus an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Henson, an adult nurse, made sexually motivated comments and engaged in harassing conduct towards two female colleagues, including locking an office door and trying to kiss one colleague after suggesting she meet him about training. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and imposed a six-month suspension order. No interim order was imposed because the panel concluded the risk of repetition was low.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Malik Spencer's fitness to practise was impaired in a Health case heard entirely in private. The panel imposed a suspension order for 12 months with a review hearing at the end of that period, and an interim suspension order of 18 months to cover any appeal. The substantive details of the charges were not made public because the hearing was held under Rule 19.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse James Campbell Murray had committed serious misconduct on 22 July 2022 at NHS Fife by shouting and swearing at a senior colleague and engaging in a sexualised conversation about children in a clinical setting. The panel found his fitness to practise was impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a suspension order for six months, with a review hearing at the end of that period. No interim order was imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
Tracy Patricia Mottram (nee Farrell)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review hearing for Tracy Patricia Mottram (nee Farrell) in a health case. The panel was reviewing Tracy Patricia Mottram (nee Farrell)'s existing Conditions of practice order (12 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a suspension order for 12 months. The published document gives limited detail because the hearing was held wholly or partly in private.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive meeting for Denis Sally in a lack of competence case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1i, 1ii, 1iii, 1iv, 2i, 2ii, 2iii, 2iv, 2v, 2vi, 3i, 3ii, 3iii, 4i, 4ii, 4iii, 4iv. It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a suspension order for 12 months. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 8 months
The NMC found that Miss Lucy Pollard, a registered learning disabilities nurse, had her fitness to practise found impaired by reason of misconduct. The substantive hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19. The panel found four charges proved and imposed a suspension order running until 6 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC found that Jophil George's fitness to practise was impaired after proved findings about unwanted sexual conduct towards a colleague, including hugging, kissing and touching. The panel found some charges not proved, and found sexual motivation only for some proved conduct. It imposed a six-month suspension order with review and an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review hearing for Lenora Fancita Collins-Carty in a health case. The panel was reviewing Lenora Fancita Collins-Carty's existing Conditions of practice order (3 years). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a suspension order for 12 months. The published document gives limited detail because the hearing was held wholly or partly in private.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 9 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a suspension order on Deborah Stevenson, a registered adult nurse from Hampshire and Isle of Wight, on 12 February 2026. The committee found charges of misconduct proved including repeated breaches of professional boundaries with patients and bullying and harassment of colleagues while working as a Community Staff Nurse at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. The suspension order lasts 9 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a suspension order on Cali Maxamuud, a registered mental health nurse from Bedfordshire, on 10 February 2026. The committee found proved that Maxamuud made derogatory comments via WhatsApp about a vulnerable patient at Cygnet Hospital in 2019, including comments that the patient 'should be allowed to die'. The suspension order lasts 6 months and includes a review. Mr Maxamuud is currently subject to a DBS Barring decision.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Alan Thomas Haugh, a registered nurse in Leeds, made racially abusive comments to colleagues, threw food at a colleague, acted aggressively toward a patient, and failed to complete patient notes. The panel found misconduct and impairment and imposed a suspension order of 12 months, noting some developing insight and mitigation but finding visible restriction from practice was required to maintain public confidence.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspended from practice· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Olivia Phillips, a nurse at Spencer Street Surgery, failed to carry out diabetic foot assessments on fifteen occasions between February and April 2024 and falsely recorded them as completed. The panel found this conduct dishonest and imposed a suspension order of 6 months. Given Olivia Phillips's significant insight, genuine remorse, and low risk of repetition, the panel found a striking-off order disproportionate.