Published regulator decisions
UK healthcare practitioners struck off the register
Being struck off (the regulator's term is "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. This page lists recent published erasure decisions for doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, and dental care professionals.
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Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Gail Johnson, a registered nurse, administered controlled drugs to two patients without a second nurse present to check, and on one occasion gave morphine instead of the prescribed oxycodone. The panel found she asked two colleagues to sign the records afterwards, which it decided was dishonest, and that she did not tell one patient about the error. The Fitness to Practise Committee found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed 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 Gemma Louise Palfreman, a registered adult nurse, prescribed medication to patients without a prescribing qualification and without consulting a GP, carried out two vaginal examinations on a 13-year-old patient outside her competence, and treated someone she knew personally. The panel also found she acted dishonestly on two occasions. It decided her fitness to practise was impaired and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order for the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Nadia Mohammed, a registered nurse and midwife, distributed or sold intravenous drip products without the manufacturer's permission and allowed vials to be labelled with a false lot number, a false expiry date, an inaccurate ingredients list and another company's name used without permission. The panel found she acted dishonestly to make the product appear more valuable, decided her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tracy Anne Penny, a registered midwife, failed to meet the standards of knowledge, skill and judgement expected of a band 5 midwife across many areas, including cardiotocography interpretation, escalation, medication safety and record keeping, despite extensive support. The panel also found she did not carry out blood glucose monitoring on a newborn baby but recorded that she had, which it found dishonest. It decided her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Lance Jukes, an adult nurse, sent and received explicit messages about the sexual and racial abuse of children, babies and a disabled person and shared indecent images of children between 2017 and 2022, and later dishonestly concealed a police caution for harassment from the regulator. Through a consensual panel determination, the Fitness to Practise Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and caution and imposed a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Dawn Alison Ellerby, a mental health nurse, showed a lack of competence in fundamental nursing tasks and committed misconduct, including repeated dishonesty on three occasions, disregarding restrictions on handling medication, and intimidating colleagues, between 2018 and 2022. The Fitness to Practise Committee found her fitness to practise impaired and, noting a previous dishonesty finding and limited insight, imposed a striking-off order removing her from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Adam Culverwell's fitness to practise was impaired after he was convicted at Bournemouth Crown Court of sexual activity offences against a vulnerable patient in his care, for which he was sentenced to seven years in prison. On 16 July 2026 the panel imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension in case of appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Helen Bagley dishonestly completed a clinical reference for another nurse, stating she had been their Matron when she knew she had not. Under a consensual panel determination accepted on 16 July 2026, the panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension in case of appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Gareth John Hardstaff's fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a striking-off order, removing him from the register. The hearing, held in July 2026 in a misconduct and health case, took place entirely in private under Rule 19, so the panel's detailed findings are not public. An 18-month interim suspension order was also imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace Mohamad Kanu's suspension order with a striking-off order at a review hearing on 13 July 2026. His fitness to practise remained impaired: he had not engaged with the NMC or provided evidence of remediation since a 2025 hearing over a medication error, a lack of candour and a breach of professional boundaries. The striking-off order takes effect at the end of 19 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing associate
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to replace Adrian Prostire's suspension order with a striking-off order at a review hearing on 13 July 2026. The original panel found the nursing associate slapped a resident on the back of their neck, an inappropriate use of force against a vulnerable patient. After two years of suspension with no evidence of insight or remediation, the panel concluded only striking-off would protect the public. The order takes effect on 19 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Prince Chigozie Aneke's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and made a striking-off order. The panel found proved a series of failings at two care homes in 2023, including an insulin error, failures to monitor and escalate care of vulnerable residents, repeated medication dispensing errors and failures to work cooperatively with colleagues. It concluded he had shown extremely limited insight. An 18-month interim suspension order was also imposed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Christie Okwaraji's fitness to practise remains impaired and directed that her name be struck off the register. At the fifth review of a conditions of practice order imposed in 2021 for lack of competence, the panel said she had not produced objective evidence of strengthened practice or remediation and that further conditions or a suspension would serve no useful purpose. The striking-off order takes effect on 17 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Margaret Jane Cooper, a registered nurse and deputy manager at Lound Hall Care Home, failed to ensure adequate care planning, record keeping, nutrition referrals and pressure area care for vulnerable residents in 2017. The panel also found she was dishonest in representations she made to the Care Quality Commission. It found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Gabrielle Jean Prettyman, a registered nurse and registered manager of Lound Hall Care Home in Norfolk, failed to ensure adequate care planning, wound management, nutrition monitoring and record keeping for multiple residents in 2016 and 2017, and failed to act on concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct 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 found that David Mott's fitness to practise remains impaired and decided to impose a striking-off order. Reviewing a suspension order that followed findings he did not administer prescribed medication to numerous residents during a night shift, the panel said he had shown no insight or remorse, had told the NMC he did not intend to return to nursing, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. The order takes effect on 19 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sandra Young's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her suspension order with a striking-off order. The original findings included failing to take observations after a patient collapsed, dishonestly recording observations and an escalation she had not made, and watching TV on her phone on shift. The panel said she had provided no evidence of reflection or remediation and that a risk of repetition remained. The order takes effect on 12 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Francis Dike's fitness to practise remains impaired and directed that his name be struck off the register. At a substantive order review meeting, the panel said it had no evidence that Mr Dike had complied with his conditions of practice order, shown insight, or maintained his skills, and noted he had not engaged with the NMC since October 2024. The striking-off order takes effect on 22 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Nsa Ita's fitness to practise remains impaired and replaced her suspension order with a striking-off order. Reviewing charges of lack of competence and misconduct in neonatal care, the panel said she had shown very limited insight, little evidence of strengthened practice, and remained liable to repeat the matters found proved. It concluded a further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order takes effect on 13 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Enkele Bonyeme, a registered nurse, remained impaired by reason of lack of competence when it reviewed a 30-month conditions of practice order imposed in January 2024. The panel had received no evidence that she had engaged, complied with the conditions or strengthened her practice, and concluded she was liable to repeat the failings. It replaced the order with a striking-off order, effective at the end of 5 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Anna Preyzner, a registered nurse, remained impaired by reason of misconduct when it reviewed a six-month suspension order imposed in January 2026 for dishonestly recording false colleague temperature readings during Covid-19 safety checks. The panel found no evidence of further insight or strengthened practice and noted she did not intend to return to nursing. It replaced the order with a striking-off order, effective at the end of 17 August 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Valeria Hering, a registered nurse, received a police caution on 1 October 2024 for the theft of five types of medication from the Guernsey hospital where she worked. The panel did not find the two misconduct charges proved. It found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of the caution, noting a lack of insight and a high risk of repetition, and made a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Elaine Maria Sullivan, a registered mental health nurse, dishonestly described herself as a clinical lead in a court report, worked outside her competence by diagnosing a patient, behaved inappropriately towards five junior colleagues, and disclosed private information about colleagues. The panel found her conduct was tantamount to bullying, that her fitness to practise was impaired, and made a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that David Robson, a registered nurse, was convicted at Teesside Magistrates' Court of distributing and making indecent photographs of a child. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his convictions, citing the seriousness of the offending and his absence of insight, and imposed a striking-off order. An interim suspension order was made to cover the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Clara Osariemen Osazuwa, a registered nurse, did not engage with training and supervised medication rounds, refused to follow instructions and to undertake patient care, administered an excessive dose of Enoxaparin, took unauthorised absences, failed to prepare patient notes and did not answer patient call bells. The panel also found she acted dishonestly about an unauthorised absence. It found her fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order, together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Joseph Lewis misappropriated around £500 raised for charity, which he had stored in a locked safe at the Brighton and Hove Clinic, and acted dishonestly. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided to strike nurse Violetta Hajjar off the register at a review hearing on 29 June 2026. She had been suspended since July 2025 after the NMC found she failed to give a resident prescribed medication and signed the medication record as if she had. The panel found she had not engaged with the NMC or shown insight during two six-month suspensions, and the striking-off order takes effect on 4 August 2026.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of a conviction and misconduct. It found he had been convicted of a drink-related driving offence, failed to tell the GMC, consumed alcohol while on duty in an emergency department, slapped a woman while intoxicated in breach of interim conditions, and then left the UK while facing a criminal charge. The tribunal erased his name from the medical register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Mandy June Jilley failed to record a patient restraint incident in sufficient detail, did not record a NEWS2 score or call an ambulance for a deteriorating patient, gave antipsychotic medication at the wrong times, and made dishonest statements to avoid blame. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order on 26 June 2026, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Claire King, a registered nurse in West Lothian, repeatedly stole medication from St John's Hospital, took money from a patient and a colleague, and dishonestly falsified a patient's medication record. The panel decided her misconduct made her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a striking-off order, saying her repeated dishonesty showed deep-seated attitudinal concerns with no insight or remediation. One charge of failing to co-operate with medical testing was found not proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
Rose Linda Chinwenma Nkemdirim
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 24 June 2026 to replace nurse Rose Linda Chinwenma Nkemdirim's suspension order with a striking-off order, taking effect on 8 August 2026. The original charges, found proved in April 2025, concerned failures in controlled-drug records and medication administration records involving residents in her care. The panel found she had not engaged with the NMC since the substantive hearing and provided no evidence of insight, training or strengthened practice.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Kacper Jakub Latos should be erased from the dental register. On 24 June 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct, ruling that he provided a poor standard of care to a patient over three years, failed to obtain informed consent, permitted an unregistered former dentist to treat her, and did not cooperate with the GDC. The committee ordered erasure and imposed an immediate suspension covering the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Eliot Aluge, a mental health nurse in London, pursued a sexual relationship with a vulnerable inpatient detained under the Mental Health Act, exposed himself to her on the ward, asked her for money and repeatedly contacted her without clinical justification. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and struck him off the register, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Richard Bartley acted dishonestly by repeatedly failing to disclose that he was under disciplinary investigation by a former employer when applying for and working in a functional assessor role, and by giving inaccurate referee details. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and made a striking-off order on 22 June 2026, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Rufus Ogbonna Onya had been convicted of possessing a Class A drug, cocaine, with intent to supply, and of breaching bail conditions. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and made a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension order to cover any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed a six-month suspension order against adult nurse Joanne Marie Millard and replaced it with a striking-off order, effective from the end of 26 July 2026. The original panel found she did not take timely action when a resident in her care became less responsive and did not keep adequate records. The review panel found her fitness to practise remains impaired, with no new evidence of insight or retraining.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that children's nurse Jay Hobbs's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct, including six charges of dishonesty, in the care of four children in an emergency department between 2022 and 2023. The panel found he had put vulnerable patients at unwarranted risk of harm and dishonestly recorded and reported clinical observations. Finding a high risk of repetition, it made a striking-off order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 18 June 2026 to replace adult nurse Animol Puthanpurackal Thomas's suspension with a striking-off order, taking effect on 24 June 2026. The original panel found misconduct including medication errors, failing to recognise a patient's seizure, and incorrectly attempting to lift a patient, and that she lacked the necessary knowledge of English to practise safely. The review panel noted no engagement since March 2023 and no evidence of insight or remediation.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review hearing on 18 June 2026 that mental health nurse Joy Harradine remains impaired and directed that she be struck off the register when her current suspension expires on 15 July 2026. The original panel found she failed to check a patient for injury after an unwitnessed fall, kept poor records, and did not intervene when staff handled and spoke to the patient inappropriately. The review panel found no evidence of insight or strengthened practice.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee decided at a review meeting on 17 June 2026 to strike Adria Pearce, an adult nurse from Leicester, off the register. Her 12-month suspension followed proven charges of dishonestly taking dihydrocodeine and codeine phosphate from a ward medication cupboard at Glenfield Hospital. The panel found she remained impaired, having not engaged with the NMC since 2022, and the striking-off order takes effect on 31 July 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Penny Senner, a registered nurse in Dorset, accessed numerous patients' records without a legitimate clinical reason over more than a year, told a cancer patient that her Covid-19 vaccinations had caused her cancer, and gave patients an unapproved leaflet linking to an anti-vaccination website. The panel decided these actions were attempts to undermine public confidence in public health advice, amounted to misconduct, and made her fitness to practise impaired. It imposed a striking-off order, citing limited insight and a high risk of repetition.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Cameron William James Reid, a children's nurse, was convicted in March 2025 of possessing an extreme pornographic image and of making and possessing indecent images of children. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, accepted a consensual panel determination agreed with the NMC, and imposed a striking-off order. An 18-month interim suspension order covers any appeal period.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Alaaeldin Kamel, a doctor, fabricated four reports and repeatedly sent them to the General Medical Council to use at his interim and tribunal hearings, breaching conditions on his registration. It found this dishonesty was deliberate and repeated over about a year, and that his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct. The tribunal decided that his conduct was incompatible with continued registration and directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Richard Bowley, a doctor, dishonestly claimed payments under an income protection insurance policy by declaring on a claim form that he had not worked and could not work as a GP, when he had in fact been working as a locum GP. It found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct. The tribunal, which also reviewed an existing suspension for improperly accessing a colleague's medical records, directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Salah-ud-Din Taj had criminal convictions in Australia for 14 offences over four months, including a threat to kill, stalking and breaching court orders. It also found he dishonestly failed to declare these convictions when applying to the GMC in 2018 and to an NHS trust in 2019, and misrepresented his work history. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired and erased his name from the medical register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sarah Pike, a registered nurse at a nursing home in Exeter, failed to maintain professional boundaries with a resident by giving him her personal phone number and visiting his home to share alcohol, referred to a colleague using a derogatory term within a resident's earshot, and did not wear a face covering while working during the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel decided these attitudinal concerns amounted to misconduct, that her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order. Several other charges were found not proved.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Adetoyese Omiwole's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria. The panel found widespread fraud had taken place at the centre for many years, and the NMC declared all test results from it invalid. It noted there was no evidence that Mrs Omiwole herself acted fraudulently. The panel directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Amarachi Marie Madu's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting Mrs Madu herself used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Investigating Committee found that Ibukunolu Abosede Oladipo's entry on the nursing register was incorrectly made, because it relied on a computer-based test taken at the Yunnik Technologies test centre in Nigeria, where the NMC declared all results void after evidence of widespread fraud. The panel noted there was no information suggesting Miss Oladipo herself used fraud. It directed the Registrar to remove her entry from the register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Elliot Burns, a GP, engaged in an improper emotional and sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient between July 2013 and March 2015, including exchanging sexualised messages and images and three instances of sexual activity while she was his patient. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by his misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.