Published regulator decisions
UK nurses and midwives given formal warnings
A formal warning records that the regulator considered conduct or performance to have fallen below expected standards. It does not, by itself, restrict practice. This page is generated from source-backed determinations already published on MedicWatch.
Latest matching decisions
12 total
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 2 years
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Julie Harland, a registered nurse, failed to ensure the safety and welfare of residents while she was deputy manager and clinical lead at a care home in 2018, including failures over staffing, cleanliness, personal and clinical care, and escalating concerns. She admitted all the charges. The panel decided her fitness to practise was impaired on public interest grounds only, finding no current risk to the public, and imposed a caution order for two years.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 3 years
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that John Omoroje, a mental health nurse from Nottingham, dishonestly recorded observations of a vulnerable patient that he had not carried out, missed required observations of another patient, and left a box of diazepam unattended. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and imposed a caution order for three years, noting over three years of safe practice since the events.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 3 years
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse George Thomas Harle's fitness to practise is impaired on public interest grounds because of his conviction for supplying MDMA, a class A drug, to a friend who died after taking it in October 2020, before he joined the register. The panel noted his early guilty plea, genuine remorse and low risk of repetition, and imposed a caution order for three years rather than the suspension the NMC requested.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that John Pius Akwasi Peprah, a mental health nurse working in East Sussex, missed required patient observations during a night shift in April 2024 and dishonestly recorded observations he had not carried out. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds alone and imposed a 12-month caution order, noting his early admissions, insight and two years of safe practice since.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 2 years
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Recley Wallace Costelo accessed a patient's clinical records without clinical justification to obtain her phone number, then sent her two text messages from his personal mobile, breaching her confidentiality. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and imposed a two-year caution order. An allegation of sexual motivation was found not proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Jennifer Beedie struck a patient across the face with the back of her hand while attending an emergency call at HMP Ranby prison in September 2023. The panel rejected her account that she acted in self-defence, found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds alone, and imposed a one-year caution order, noting the incident was isolated in an otherwise unblemished career.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Warning(formally warned)· 30 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that midwife Madalin Steines Thompson made inaccurate records about a baby's resuscitation and repeated the inaccuracies in a statement to HM Coroner, and failed to record observations in a timely manner. The panel found the dishonesty charges not proved, accepting she genuinely believed her account. It found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and imposed a caution order for 30 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Onorio Gelacio imitated a colleague's disability-related limp, a care home resident's distinctive gait, and a colleague's fall, and that this amounted to misconduct. Allegations of sexually motivated conduct were found not proved. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and imposed a one-year caution order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Warning(formally warned)· 3 years
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that midwife Susan Marie Squibb failed to recognise and escalate an obstetric haemorrhage in 2016, failed to carry out or record observations after a postpartum haemorrhage in 2018, and kept inadequate records. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only, noting her insight and low risk of repetition, and imposed a three-year caution order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)· 18 months
The NMC found that Felicity Smith, a registered nurse and senior nurse practitioner at a GP surgery, intimidated and bullied a junior colleague between June and August 2021. On one occasion she raised her hand and threatened to hurt the colleague, and she repeatedly used a derogatory nickname. The panel decided her fitness to practise is impaired but at the lower end of seriousness, and imposed an 18-month caution order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Tiffany Wong in a misconduct case. It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel issued a warning or caution. The published document gives limited detail because the hearing was held wholly or partly in private.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Warning(formally warned)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Nathaniel Salcedo in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1(a)(i), 1(a)(ii), 1(b), 1(c), 1(d)(i), 1(d)(ii), 1(e), 1(f), 4(a), 4(b) 2 Facts proved: Charges 1(b) by reason of charge 2, 3(b). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel issued a warning or caution. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.