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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Health and Care Professions CouncilBiomedical scientist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered biomedical scientist Emmanuel Pakha-Ephraim to be struck off after finding repeated safety-check failures and dishonesty towards supervisors. The findings concerned cell products and test results, with risks to patients. The panel found continuing impairment and no evidence of insight or remediation. It also imposed interim suspension to cover the appeal period or any appeal before the substantive order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Melanie Hayworth's striking off with immediate effect on 15 September 2026. Reviewing conditions imposed after medication errors, it found no new evidence of reflection, training or compliance with those conditions. The panel found continuing impairment and a risk of repetition. It concluded that further conditions or suspension would not adequately protect the public or serve the public interest.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered paramedic Andrew Edwards to be struck off from 4 November 2026 following a review of his suspension. The earlier proceedings concerned a drink-driving conviction. The panel proceeded in his absence and held the hearing in private because it involved health and private-life matters. The published version records the removal order but redacts the substantive review reasoning.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Amanda Lillian Reid to be struck off following a conviction for pension fraud. The panel found sustained, planned dishonesty and insufficient evidence of insight or remediation. It acknowledged her guilty plea and acceptance of the regulatory concern, but concluded that lesser sanctions would not protect the public or maintain confidence in nursing. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Raphael Iyiewuare to be struck off after he admitted dishonest competency declarations and references, alongside clinical competence failings. The panel found that patients were put at risk but noted no evidence of actual harm. It acknowledged his admissions, mentoring and developing insight, but concluded that striking off was required. An interim suspension covers the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Anish Babu Thananki to be struck off for dishonesty about employment history and sexual harassment of a colleague. An intention to violate the colleague's dignity was not proved, and no evidence was offered on a separate allegation. The panel acknowledged his participation and expressed remorse but found insufficient insight or remediation. An interim suspension covers the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Razvan Luca's striking off after reviewing a suspension imposed for medication-related misconduct. It found no new evidence of reflection, improved practice or insight, and noted his lack of engagement and the DBS barring information before it. The panel found continuing impairment and concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order was to take effect at the end of 26 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Kiran Farooq to be struck off following convictions for involvement in supplying cocaine and ecstasy. The panel found insufficient insight or remediation and concluded that the serious drug offences were incompatible with continued registration. It acknowledged that the offending had not directly put patients at risk, but found wider public protection and confidence concerns. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Carlo Federico Spatola's striking off after reviewing earlier professional-boundary breaches involving contact with a patient on social media. The panel found no evidence of insight, reflection or steps to address the concerns and found his fitness to practise remained impaired. It concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order was to take effect at the end of 16 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Margaret Constantine's striking off following a review of earlier failures to assist during a medical emergency. The panel found no evidence of developing insight or steps to address the concerns, and found her fitness to practise remained impaired. It concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The striking-off order was to take effect at the end of 14 October 2026.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered physiotherapist Arthur Martial to be removed from the register from 24 October 2026 following a suspension review. The earlier case concerned professional boundaries and clinical recordkeeping. The panel acknowledged developing insight and regret but found insufficient evidence of remediation and continuing impairment. It concluded that conditions were unworkable and further suspension would serve no useful purpose.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Merja Hannele Hiidenkari to be struck off after findings concerning an attempted medication overdose, discriminatory correspondence and private health matters. The patient refused the tablets, so the excessive dose was not administered. The panel acknowledged that the discriminatory email was an isolated incident but found insufficient engagement, insight or remediation. An interim suspension covers the appeal period before the final order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Mark Frances Madriaga to be struck off following convictions for sexual offences involving children. The panel acknowledged his developing insight and reflection but found that the concerns had not been sufficiently addressed and that a risk of repetition remained. It concluded that lesser sanctions would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence in nursing. An interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Sabitha Joseph's striking off with immediate effect on 10 September 2026. The review concerned earlier findings of lack of competence across several areas of nursing care. The panel found no evidence of training, reflection or improved practice and found her fitness to practise remained impaired. After almost three years of suspension, it concluded that a further suspension would serve no useful purpose.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered operating department practitioner Stephen Spencer to be struck off after findings involving sexual misconduct towards colleagues and dishonesty in a controlled drugs record. Some allegations were discontinued or not proved. The panel found current impairment and a risk of repetition, with insufficient insight or remediation. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final removal order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Susan Sanni slept on duty and dishonestly signed care records in advance during a July 2022 night shift. A separate allegation about knowing that care staff had missed hourly checks was not proved. The panel acknowledged positive subsequent practice and some remorse but found insufficient insight and remediation. In September 2026 it ordered striking off, with interim suspension during the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered radiographer William Smethurst to be struck off from 19 October 2026 after reviewing his suspension. Earlier findings concerned sexually motivated photographs taken at work and dishonesty during an investigation. The panel found continuing impairment, with no evidence of insight or remediation and repeated failure to engage. It concluded that a lesser sanction would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found Dr Surrayya Najeeb's fitness to practise impaired by dishonesty and deficient professional performance. It found that she misrepresented her role, performance concerns and qualification status. On 9 September 2026 it ordered erasure and immediate suspension, concluding that conditions or suspension would not adequately protect the public. The tribunal accepted that actual serious harm had not been caused, but found insufficient insight and remediation and a risk of future harm.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered David Allister Bradley to be struck off following a common-assault conviction involving a colleague. An earlier sexual-assault conviction had been quashed on appeal. The panel acknowledged his apology and training but found incomplete insight and a significant risk of repetition, including similar previous disciplinary concerns. It accepted a consensual determination and imposed interim suspension to cover the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Mark De La Poer Beresford's striking off following a review of a six-month suspension on 8 September 2026. The published decision records continuing impairment in a health case and states that the order would take effect on 10 October 2026. The entire meeting was held in private, and the detailed reasons are not published in the document.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Dawn Elaine Sandy dishonestly recorded a risk assessment, encouraged a colleague to give false explanations about competency documents, and failed to ensure appropriate training and safety measures. Some parts of the allegations were not proved. The panel ordered striking off after finding current impairment and limited insight, with a separate interim suspension during the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC ordered Rossitsa Petkova's striking off after finding misconduct involving demeaning and threatening treatment of vulnerable residents, pushing a resident and shouting at a colleague. Five allegations had no case to answer, two were not proved, and another proved allegation was not misconduct. Despite positive testimonials, the panel found no insight or remediation and imposed interim suspension pending the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Beebee Rehanah Roopun to be struck off for dishonest failure to disclose safeguarding information during a fostering application. The case returned after the High Court set aside an earlier no-impairment decision. The panel acknowledged positive clinical references and some insight but found continuing risk and insufficient remediation. Separate dishonesty about notifying fostering deregistration had not been proved. Interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
Following a hearing ending on 4 September 2026, the GDC Professional Conduct Committee directed João Miguel Rebola Costa's erasure for misconduct involving two falsified employment references. Other employment-history and NHS-conditions allegations were dismissed or not proved. The Committee found impairment on public-interest grounds, not public-protection grounds. It imposed immediate suspension while erasure awaits the end of the appeal period or disposal of an appeal. It found that a lesser sanction would not maintain public confidence.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that William Russell Dunn engaged in sexually motivated misconduct towards a junior colleague and made an offensive comment to a patient’s wife. A separate allegation concerning another patient was not proved. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and ordered striking off, citing a lack of insight or remediation. It imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPractitioner psychologist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered practitioner psychologist Peter Pratt to be struck off over advice outside his professional scope and inadequate risk assessment in a parole report. A separate billing finding did not meet the threshold for serious misconduct, and dishonesty was not alleged. The panel found impairment and no evidence of remediation. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Zeriya Pamela Gandifere to be struck off following a review. The earlier case involved missed observations of a resident and a dishonest record. The panel found no evidence of improved insight or practice and concluded that fitness to practise remained impaired. It rejected further suspension and ordered removal to take effect at the end of 15 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered John Craigie's striking off after reviewing earlier failures in caring for and recording a resident's fall. It found no evidence of reflection, training or steps to address the concerns and found his fitness to practise remained impaired. The panel concluded that further suspension would serve no useful purpose. The order was to take effect at the end of 8 October 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee ordered Gemma Marie Rankin to be struck off following a review of a suspension order. The published decision records continuing impairment and states that the striking-off order will take effect on 11 October 2026. The misconduct and health case was heard entirely in private, so the document does not disclose the underlying allegations or detailed reasons.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered physiotherapist Allan James McRoberts to be struck off following a sexual-assault conviction and findings about a sexual message to a student. The panel found an abuse of his position as a lecturer, harm to the student and continuing impairment, with limited insight and insufficient evidence of remediation. A separate interim suspension applies during the appeal process before the final order takes effect.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered David R Nelson to be struck off after finding sexually motivated touching of two yoga participants, lack of consent and a confidentiality breach. An allegation of exposing underwear was not proved, the related sexual-motivation charge was dismissed, and disclosure of test results was not proved. The panel found current impairment, limited insight and a risk of repetition. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal, for a maximum of 18 months.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC panel decided to strike Lynn Rowan off after proving five allegations of degrading and abusive treatment of a vulnerable patient, including slapping her hand. It found continuing impairment and insufficient insight or remediation. No specific physical injury was identified. A separate interim suspension protects the public during the appeal period before the striking-off order takes effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Maureen Brown’s fitness to practise was impaired following a hearing held entirely in private. The public notice records several charges proved, charge 4 not proved, and a striking-off order with a separate 18-month interim suspension. It identifies a conviction and health case but does not publish the allegations or detailed reasons.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
On 26 August 2026 the NMC review panel ordered Farrah Ayub’s immediate striking off after finding that she knowingly worked while suspended. The current NMC entry confirms removal by a fitness-to-practise panel. Personal matters were considered in private and are omitted from this account.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that Lyndsey Michelle Trembath's fitness to practise was impaired following assault matters and failures to notify the regulator. It ordered her removal from the register and immediate suspension during the appeal period. The committee found the notification failures misleading, but rejected the dishonesty allegations. Removal takes effect 28 days after the decision is formally served unless she appeals; immediate suspension continues during any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC panel decided to strike Suzanne Tuffnell off after findings of bullying and harassment and leaving a clinical unit without adequate communication. Two particulars were not proved, and two further proved particulars did not amount to serious misconduct. The panel found continuing impairment and insufficient insight or remediation. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC panel decided to strike Romulus Berejena off for sexual misconduct involving a patient and a colleague. It rejected the allegation that he intended to violate the colleague’s dignity or create an offensive environment, while finding that his conduct had that effect. The panel recognised developing insight but found continuing impairment and concluded that suspension would be insufficient. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered David Woodhouse to be struck off after finding misconduct in patient care, records, professional boundaries and discriminatory comments. It rejected several allegations and found no lack of competence. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired, citing repeated conduct and a lack of insight or remediation. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period, or an appeal if brought, for up to 18 months. The striking-off order takes effect under the applicable appeal arrangements.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Johanne Louise Walker committed misconduct by moving a vulnerable resident along a corridor in a sling and hoist instead of a wheelchair because she did not want to be spat at. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and ordered that she be struck off the register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal directed Dr William Smerdon's removal from the medical register after finding sexual misconduct involving two vulnerable patients. This included a sexual relationship with one patient and non-consensual kissing and touching of another. It imposed an immediate suspension, finding limited insight and a continuing risk of repetition. Allegations that he controlled or manipulated the first patient were not proved, and several other allegations were also rejected.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that registered nurse Lorna Fell gave a patient double the prescribed dose of Oramorph, did not record the error or tell the patient, asked a colleague not to report it and asked a doctor to change the prescription to match. The panel also found she made incorrect controlled drug records on two later shifts. It found her conduct dishonest on three counts, found her fitness to practise impaired, 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 struck Iain Scott Laing off the register after finding his fitness to practise impaired by a conviction for threatening or abusive behaviour with sexual aggravation. The panel found a continuing risk of repetition, limited insight, no meaningful remediation and a serious breach of trust involving repeated conduct in a family home.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
Ajith Moothedath Sethumadhavan
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee struck Ajith Moothedath Sethumadhavan off the register after finding his fitness to practise impaired by convictions for two sexual offences against a girl under 13. The panel found his conduct fundamentally incompatible with remaining registered, citing the seriousness of the convictions, a lack of insight and remorse, and a risk of repetition.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal directed Dr Walid Ahmed's removal from the medical register following his conviction for controlling or coercive behaviour. The criminal court had imposed a prison sentence of two years and eight months and a ten-year restraining order. The tribunal found impaired fitness to practise, no evidence of insight or remediation, and a high risk of repetition. It also imposed an immediate suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Agnes Cobbina remained impaired after she provided no new evidence of insight, remorse or remediation following findings about her response to a resident's critical condition. The panel found a risk of repetition, decided that further suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that registered nurse Belinda Jayne Ellams made comments about Muslims to a colleague, brought weighted steel balls and sharpened scissors into a care home, and posted an offensive image on Facebook. The panel found her conduct was motivated by hostility towards Muslims and had the effect of violating her colleague’s dignity. It found her fitness to practise impaired, noted no evidence of insight, and imposed a striking-off order with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Michelle Louise Tanner's fitness to practise remained impaired after she provided no evidence of insight, reflection, remediation or relevant training following findings that she accessed confidential medical records without clinical justification. The panel decided that further suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Diane Macdonald's fitness to practise remained impaired after receiving no new evidence that she had addressed clinical practice deficiencies previously found proved. The panel decided that another suspension would serve no useful purpose and ordered her removal from the register when her current suspension expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Steven David Wenman, a registered nurse, sent suggestive messages to one colleague, made comments of a sexual nature to two others, and ignored a third colleague in conduct the panel found amounted to bullying. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct, noting very limited insight and minimal remediation, and imposed a striking-off order together with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel ordered paramedic Gary Hutton to be struck off following two convictions for attempting to arrange or facilitate child sexual offences. The panel found current impairment, a high risk of repetition and no evidence of insight or remediation. It concluded that no lesser sanction would protect the public and maintain confidence. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final order takes effect.