Published regulator decisions
UK healthcare practitioners practising with restrictions
Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions, such as supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator. This page lists recent published decisions imposing conditions.
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Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 9 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found Rebecca Griffiths's fitness to practise impaired in a health case and imposed nine months of practice conditions. It also imposed an 18-month interim conditions order. Some charges were proved, including by admission, while others were not proved. The hearing concluded on 17 September 2026 and was held entirely in private; the published decision does not disclose the detailed allegations or conditions.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
Shehnilabanu Farukbhai Pindhariya
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed 18-month conditions on Shehnilabanu Farukbhai Pindhariya after finding competence failings during a probationary role. Several allegations were not proved. The panel acknowledged shortcomings in mentoring and a development plan, possible communication barriers, and her subsequent success in NMC competence tests. It considered suspension disproportionate and required supervised practice with one NHS employer in a generalist setting, with interim conditions covering the appeal period.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Rachael Bartrum's fitness to practise remained impaired and continued conditions for 12 months on 11 September 2026. The review followed earlier misconduct findings and drink-driving convictions. It accepted that there had been no repetition and that conditions were working well, but found insufficient evidence for unrestricted practice. Clinical supervision and other conditions remain, with a further review directed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee replaced Dhanwati Ramdarass's suspension with 12 months of practice conditions after a review of care-home oversight failings. It recognised developed insight and reflection, while finding further work was needed to address the concerns. The conditions require supervised nursing, a development plan and reports, and prohibit care-home registered-manager or nominated-individual roles. They were ordered to begin at the end of 23 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee replaced John Joseph Brennan's suspension with 18 months of practice conditions after a review of clinical and conduct failings. It recognised significant progress, meaningful insight and thorough reflection, while finding that improvement still needed to be demonstrated in registered nursing practice. The conditions require one employer, supervision, a development plan and reports. They were ordered to begin at the end of 4 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee extended Abraham Morgen's conditions of practice for 12 months from the end of 15 October 2026. The panel recognised his engagement and training but found insufficient insight and evidence of improvement after earlier clinical failings and dishonest records. It retained supervision, training and reporting requirements, considering these sufficient to protect patients while allowing him to demonstrate improvement in nursing practice.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee extended Cajetan Ironah Mazi's conditions of practice for six months from the end of 7 October 2026. The review concerned earlier failings in recognising a patient's deterioration and providing care. The panel recognised his efforts to find work but found insufficient evidence of improved insight or practice. Supervision and reflection requirements remain in place to support improvement and protect patients.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Trevor Milligan's fitness to practise was no longer impaired by misconduct or conviction, recognising his insight, progress and positive supervision reports. The review concerned earlier alcohol-related misconduct and a drink-driving conviction. Its published outcome records conditions for six months and another review, while the remaining grounds and detailed reasons are redacted from the public decision.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that James Josh Hartley remained impaired after reviewing his response to misconduct involving an unprescribed saline-filled syringe and Person A's parents. The panel found that he had made meaningful progress but lacked evidence of safe nursing practice after time away. It replaced his suspension with a 12-month conditions of practice order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on George David Bell's registration as a dentist should be extended and varied for a further 18 months. The Health Committee reviewed his case at a hearing that ended on 12 August 2026. The conditions were originally imposed on 9 September 2022. The record says the varied conditions take effect after the appeal period, and that the order will be reviewed before it ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse David John Hancock shared multiple offensive, derogatory and discriminatory posts on social media between May and June 2023, motivated by hostility or a discriminatory attitude towards people of a different race, gender reassignment or sexual orientation. He admitted both charges. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a conditions of practice order for 18 months, with a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Jophil George's fitness to practise remains impaired following earlier findings of sexually motivated conduct towards a colleague. Reviewing the six-month suspension order imposed in February 2026, the panel decided his insight is developing but still limited. It replaced the suspension with a conditions of practice order for 12 months, requiring him to work for one employer and meet his manager monthly to discuss professional boundaries.
Health and Care Professions CouncilSpeech and language therapist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The HCPTS panel extended speech and language therapist Jennifer Ward's conditions of practice for 12 months from 5 September 2026. It found continuing impairment following earlier clinical and recordkeeping misconduct, with insufficient progress in remediation. The varied conditions add a return-to-practice requirement and retain supervision and competency requirements. The panel noted a possible voluntary-removal application, but no removal was granted at this hearing.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Andre Borges Da Silva Andrade remained impaired and extended his existing practice conditions by 12 months. Although he had completed further learning and engaged with a development adviser, he had not practised since August 2023 and could not show that the learning had been applied. The unchanged conditions include close supervision of orthodontic work. The order will be reviewed before it expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Gordon David Shirley's fitness to practise is impaired. This was a health case, and the panel accepted a consensual panel determination agreed between the NMC and Mr Shirley. One charge was proved. The committee imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, along with an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The whole hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not published.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Doreen Elizabeth Yarnold failed to check a resident's ketone levels after high blood sugar readings, failed to document those readings, gave an inadequate handover, and did not sign for another resident's pain relief medication. The panel decided these failings amounted to misconduct and that her fitness to practise is impaired. It imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, with a review before it expires. Eight other charges were not proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The NMC found that Karen Chamberlain remained impaired and extended her conditions of practice order for six months from 5 August 2026. The panel said restrictions remained necessary because it lacked evidence that reduced the original risk of repetition. It adjourned separate new allegations about disclosure of an interim order without deciding whether those allegations were proved.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Waqas Sikander, a dentist, should practise under conditions for 12 months. The Professional Conduct Committee found that his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct. It found proved failings in radiographic reporting and record keeping across a number of patients, treatment started on the wrong tooth, and a crown fitted without offering root canal treatment first. Allegations of dishonesty were not proved, and deficient professional performance was not made out. The Committee found genuine contrition and targeted retraining, but said his insight was still developing. The order takes effect immediately and will be reviewed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC found that Charlotte Louise Wood, a registered nurse, admitted the facts of most charges against her; one charge was not proved. The Fitness to Practise Committee decided her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, plus an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months. The panel accepted an application for the health case to be heard in private under Rule 19, so the details are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Charlotte Louise Wood's fitness to practise was impaired. Ms Wood admitted the facts of most charges; one charge was not proved. This was a health case, and the panel accepted an application under Rule 19 to hear all matters in private, so the detailed charges and reasons are not in the public record. The panel imposed a conditions of practice order for 12 months, together with an interim conditions of practice order for 18 months.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal varied Dr Tarun Arya's conditions for 12 months on 21 July 2026 after finding continued non-compliance with a performance assessment direction. It found no culpability and acknowledged that a previous return-to-practice requirement was unworkable. The new conditions require an assessment within 12 months and approved clinical supervision arrangements before he restarts work. The tribunal directed another review and expressly made no finding of impairment.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Diana Linda Griffiths, a registered adult nurse, failed to escalate two patients' abnormal blood-sugar results, did not follow her practice's protocol, failed to communicate cancelled appointments to patients, and kept inadequate records. Allegations of dishonesty were not proved. The committee decided her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a six-month conditions of practice order, with an 18-month interim conditions order pending appeal.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 2 years
Operating department practitioner Allison A Goddard was placed under conditions of practice for two years following a private HCPC Health Committee hearing. The panel published an order which confirms the duration, but the conditions and substantive findings are redacted. The published allegation details should therefore not be treated as findings of fact.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
Occupational therapist Eme S Ufomba will remain under conditions of practice for another 12 months from 18 August 2026. The panel found insufficient evidence that earlier care and record-keeping failures had been fully addressed. It rejected a request for suspension, deciding that supervision, a development plan and restrictions on locum and independent work remained sufficient to protect the public.
Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The panel imposed 18 months' conditions on radiographer Fiona Sharples because repeated imaging and checking failures remained insufficiently remedied. It found no current impairment from one admitted, short-lived dishonesty incident, recognising her apology and insight, and rejected the other dishonesty allegation. Conditions require supervised practice with one non-agency employer, further development and no training or mentoring of others. The panel credited recent training and considered suspension disproportionate. Separate interim conditions cover the appeal period.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Mariya Rosneva should practise under conditions for 12 months after finding failings in periodontal assessment, treatment planning and informed consent for one patient. It found her fitness to practise impaired because remediation remained incomplete. The separate record-keeping allegations were not proved, despite her admissions. The conditions require an approved workplace reporter, further development and audits, with immediate conditions covering the appeal period.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that the conditions on Mr Lam's registration as a dentist should be extended and varied for a further 12 months. The Professional Conduct Committee held a review hearing on 2 July 2026. The order was originally imposed on 13 December 2022, the varied conditions take effect after the appeal period, and the order will be reviewed before it ends.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The HCPTS panel found that Randall Egger's fitness to practise remained impaired after an earlier finding of lack of competence. It had no evidence of meaningful insight, remediation or continuing professional development. The panel extended his conditions of practice for six months from 7 August 2026. These require supervised occupational therapy work, refresher training and a development plan, and prohibit locum or agency work.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Eve's fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of her 2024 drink-driving conviction, for which her registration had previously been suspended. At this review hearing the tribunal was satisfied she had shown genuine insight, remediation and no risk of repetition on that matter. The case also concerned confidential matters heard in private, and the published record shows the overall outcome as a conditions of practice order for 12 months, with a further review directed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 23 June 2026 that nurse Artiola Metallari's fitness to practise remains impaired on public interest grounds. The panel replaced her 12-month suspension order, imposed in July 2025 after she admitted dishonesty charges including concealing an NMC investigation from her employer and providing a false reference, with a 12-month conditions of practice order taking effect on 29 July 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Lucyna Abramowicz, an adult nurse working at a care home in Ipswich, failed to administer a resident's medication, delegated it to a colleague who was not qualified to give it, and signed the MAR chart to say the medication had been given when it had not. Dishonesty charges were not proved. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a 12-month conditions of practice order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The GDC's Professional Conduct Committee found that Adam Allin Mohamood Dirir, a dentist, remains impaired in his fitness to practise by reason of misconduct. At a review on 19 June 2026, it decided to extend the existing conditions on his registration for a further 12 months. He has not practised as a dentist since 2022 and needs more time to show he has addressed the concerns identified in an earlier case. The order will be reviewed before it ends.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 2 years
The HCPTS panel found that Jenny Rudston's fitness to practise remained impaired but recognised progress in her reflection and professional development. It replaced her suspension with two years of practice conditions from 31 July 2026. These require direct supervision when working with patients, a development plan and regular reports. The panel considered a further suspension disproportionate, while finding that her insight and remediation remained incomplete.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Elaine Paula Ward, a children's nurse in Dorset, gave medication meant for one child to another without verifying the patient's identity, recorded the medicine as given when it was not, and administered a milk feed through a nasogastric tube when the pH level was too high. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed an 18-month conditions of practice order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Stephen John Manuel's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and lack of competence, arising from clinical failings in the care of a deteriorating patient in January 2019 and a later medication error. The panel did not find an allegation of dishonesty proved. It imposed a conditions of practice order for 18 months, with a review.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Bhavish Patel's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health and extended the conditions on his registration for six months at a review hearing on 10 June 2026. The Health Committee found he had broadly complied with the conditions, first imposed in May 2023, and that conditions remain the appropriate and proportionate order. A further review will take place before the order ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC found that Alina-Denisa Neacsu remained impaired because she had not completed the required English language test and had breached conditions while working at a surgery. The panel found that two dishonesty allegations were not proved and that the breaches were not deliberate. It imposed a further 12-month conditions of practice order from 18 June 2026.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 2 years
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr David Cook, a respiratory consultant, engaged in depraved online conversations referring to sexual activity involving children between 2020 and 2021, for which he was convicted of publishing and attempting to publish an obscene article. The tribunal found the conduct was not sexually motivated and was directly caused by ill health at the time, but that it amounted to serious misconduct and his fitness to practise was impaired. It imposed conditions on his registration for 24 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a suspension order imposed on registered midwife Rachel Mugechi Muchoki for a lack of competence and decided her fitness to practise remains impaired. The panel found a continuing shortfall in her clinical knowledge and limited evidence of strengthening her practice. It replaced the suspension with an 18-month conditions of practice order, requiring supervised practice, completion of her preceptorship and a personal development plan, taking effect at the end of 13 July 2026.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Kesley Smith's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of his 2022 conviction for fraud and forgery, after he forged prescriptions for controlled drugs while working in 2021. At this review hearing the tribunal decided his insight was not yet complete and that a medium risk to the public remained. It extended conditions on his registration for a further 18 months, with a review before they end.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr David Adams' fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. His case concerned dishonesty in failing to declare a 2019 drink-driving conviction to the GMC. Reviewing his case on the papers, the tribunal noted clear progress but decided he had not yet provided the reflective evidence a previous tribunal had recommended, and extended the conditions on his registration for a further 12 months.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The HCPTS panel replaced Daniel Davis's suspension with six months of conditions of practice from 19 June 2026. It recognised progress, remorse and developed insight, but found continuing impairment because remediation of the sexually motivated behaviour was incomplete. The conditions include training, indirect workplace supervision and reflective reporting. The order must be reviewed before 19 December 2026.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 9 months
The HCPTS panel imposed nine months of practice conditions on Chelsea Rutledge for misconduct involving comments to a patient and colleague, and a separate assault. Racial motivation and allegations of pushing, kicking or hitting the colleague were not proved. The panel recognised more than nine years without evidence of repetition but found incomplete insight and remediation. Conditions require supervision, training and reflection; a separate interim order covers the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The HCPTS panel approved an agreed 12-month conditions-of-practice order for Iona Lawrie after finding lack of competence and impairment. It recognised her insight and substantial further learning, but practical remediation remained to be demonstrated. The conditions require supervision, training, competence sign-off and regular reports. A separate interim conditions order covers the appeal period and any appeal for up to 18 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that agency nurse Azeez Adewole Adewumi failed to adequately assess a post-operative patient during a 2023 night shift in Worcestershire, including not carrying out a timely bladder scan, kept inaccurate patient records, and did not treat the patient with respect and dignity. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a 12-month conditions of practice order. A dishonesty charge was found not proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 9 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Thresiamma Jaison's fitness to practise remains impaired at a review of a three-month suspension order. The original panel had found proved that she administered an overdose of Lorazepam to a care home resident, failed in observations and safeguarding after the resident's fall, and was asleep on duty. The review panel replaced the suspension with a nine-month conditions of practice order restricting her nursing practice.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Michelle Karen McLaren's fitness to practise was impaired after medication errors at a Salford care home in 2022 and breaches of professional boundaries with a resident, including drinking alcohol with him knowing he had a history of alcohol dependence. An allegation of sexual motivation was dismissed. On 15 May 2026 the panel imposed an 18-month conditions of practice order requiring supervised medication practice, noting her insight, remorse and the pressures at the home.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 18 months
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Sana Moazzam's fitness to practise remains impaired by misconduct relating to her clinical care of three patients in 2021/22, including radiography, treatment planning, record keeping and extracting an incorrect tooth. At a review hearing on 14 May 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee extended the conditions on her registration for a further 18 months, with a review before the order expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 9 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Patricia Louise Ramshaw's fitness to practise remained impaired when it reviewed her suspension order in May 2026. The panel replaced the four-month suspension with a nine-month conditions of practice order taking effect on 18 May 2026. The conditions require supervised practice, a single employer, and regular reports on patient assessment and prescribing against national guidelines.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Conditions on practice(practising with restrictions)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that agency nurse Vida Bruwaa Amponsah removed a recovering patient's call bell without clinical justification and spoke to her rudely during a night shift at Stepping Hill Hospital in September 2021. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired, imposed a six-month conditions of practice order requiring supervision and a personal development plan, and an 18-month interim conditions order covering the appeal period. Several other charges were dismissed or found not proved.