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's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Jerry Barrozo, a registered adult nurse from St Martin, Guernsey, on 23 March 2026. The panel found that he had failed to cooperate with a criminal investigation into alleged theft of medication and medical supplies from his workplace, having failed to surrender to police custody on 4 September 2024 in accordance with his bail conditions and having left his home for an unknown whereabouts on or about 12 July 2024. The panel concluded the misconduct involved an abuse of trust and that no lesser sanction would protect the public. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Elzabeth Lennon, a registered children's nurse from Northampton, on 23 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. She had been suspended for six months over events on 16 March 2022 involving the care of a baby, including failing to check the cannula site, failing to investigate or escalate Alaris infusion pump alarms, inappropriately raising pump pressure, and dishonestly recording observations and reporting normal pressure readings to a doctor. The panel concluded she had not engaged with the regulatory process or shown remediation, and the striking-off order will take effect on 23 April 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Lea Mary Stewart, a registered adult nurse from West Lothian, on 20 March 2026 at a substantive order review meeting. She had been suspended for nine months from June 2025 over inappropriate access to patient records between March and September 2020, including records of people known to her. The panel concluded she had not engaged with the regulatory process or provided any evidence of insight or remediation, and the striking-off order will take effect at the end of 24 April 2026 when the current suspension expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Glory Ogechi Nwachukwu-Udaku, a registered adult nurse from Northallerton, on 18 March 2026. The panel found that, while working at Woodlands Hospital, she had failed to meet the required standards in professionalism, record-keeping, infection control, and clinical skill, and that, at Mount Vale Care Home in August 2022, she had administered Lorazepam to a resident without it being prescribed and dishonestly attempted to conceal what she had done. The panel concluded the misconduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Sunil Mushtaq, a registered adult nurse from Exeter, on 18 March 2026. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his March 2025 conviction at Exeter Crown Court for sexual assault upon a female, committed in October 2022 while he was the agency nurse caring for the patient in the emergency department. He received an 18-month suspended prison sentence and is on the Sex Offenders' Register for ten years. The case was concluded by Consensual Panel Determination. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that Hannah Susan White's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered her erasure from the dental care professionals register. The Professional Conduct Committee found that Miss White had submitted whitening tray prescriptions in her own name without proper authorisation, taken cash totalling £668 and teeth whitening gel from her employer without permission, and provided gel to colleagues outside her scope of practice. All charges were found proved. The Committee found no evidence of genuine insight or remorse, and determined that only erasure adequately protected the public.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Robert M Williams should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on David Kenneth Paul Mckeown, a registered adult nurse from Belfast, on 17 March 2026. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of a January 2024 conviction at Belfast Magistrates Court for sending grossly offensive or indecent communications, namely online messages referring to sexual activity with children, contrary to section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003. He had received a one-month suspended sentence. The panel concluded that the conduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Nyakallo Putsoane, a registered adult nurse from Port Talbot, on 17 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. The original 17-month conditions of practice order was imposed in October 2023 over events in March 2019 when she stopped a patient's oxygen without GP authority, did not escalate after a patient removed a syringe driver, and failed to record her observations. The panel concluded she had failed to engage with the NMC, demonstrated no insight or remediation, and that the striking-off order will take effect at the end of 31 March 2026 when the current order expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Aaron David Swanton, a registered adult nurse from Doncaster, on 17 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. He had previously been suspended for 12 months from February 2025 over misconduct and health-related matters that were heard in private. The panel found he had not engaged with the regulatory process, had not provided evidence of insight or remediation, and that a striking-off order was the appropriate sanction. The order will take effect at the end of 25 March 2026 when the current suspension expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Gines Nsamba Mabonzo Younga, a registered nurse and health visitor from Plymouth, on 17 March 2026 at a substantive order review meeting. She had been on a conditions of practice order over safeguarding and record-keeping failures from late 2019 in her health visitor role, including failing to investigate or escalate an injury to a child, not recognising faltering growth as a safeguarding concern, and inaccurate clinical records. The panel concluded she had shown limited insight and not engaged with remediation, and the striking-off order will take effect on 26 April 2026.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee directed a striking-off order against Kahyana Emari Davis, a registered midwife from Bristol, on 16 March 2026 at a substantive order review hearing. Her registration had been suspended over two incidents of dishonesty in a clinical setting that put a vulnerable patient at risk, but she had not engaged with the NMC since September 2024 and had not demonstrated insight or remediation. The panel concluded a further suspension would serve no useful purpose, and the striking-off order will take effect on 23 April 2026 when the current suspension expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Blessing Nneka Nwosu had committed serious misconduct on the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Leeds General Infirmary in 2022, including medication errors, failures to monitor critically ill patients, and dishonestly falsifying observation records. It also found that she dishonestly worked at a care home in 2023 in breach of an interim conditions of practice order. The panel ordered that she be struck off the register and imposed an interim suspension order of 18 months.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Baraa Almasri's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. It found that, between January 2019 and December 2020, he exchanged WhatsApp messages with a man later sentenced to life imprisonment for grievous bodily harm offences, and that his messages were capable of encouraging or assisting those offences. The tribunal also found that he knew the activities were illegal, failed to inform any authority, and refused to give the police access to his devices. It directed that his name be erased from the medical register.
Health and Care Professions CouncilDietitian
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Ifeyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
Sarah-Jayne Sandra Annie Scott
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Sarah-Jayne Sandra Annie Scott. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 6 March 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mrs Scott from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Gemma Louise Brenda Boltwood. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 5 March 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Boltwood from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Katie Louise Shields. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 5 March 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Shields from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Mhlanga, a mental health nurse, breached professional boundaries with three colleagues, including two student nurses he supervised, and that most of his conduct was sexually motivated. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and directed that he be struck off the register. An 18-month interim suspension order was imposed to cover the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr Robertson, a community mental health nurse, was convicted at Lincoln Crown Court of sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder by a care worker, against a patient under his care. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and added to the Sex Offenders Register for ten years. By Consensual Panel Determination, the panel directed that he be struck off the register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order to cover the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mr O'Brien remains impaired and replaced his existing six-month suspension order with a striking-off order. The panel noted he had continued to disengage with the regulator, had not provided evidence of insight, reflection or steps to strengthen his practice, and remained liable to repeat the failings found proved. The strike-off takes effect at the end of 14 April 2026, when the current suspension order expires.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse Michael Brendan McLaren had committed misconduct involving sexually motivated and harassing behaviour towards female colleagues at NHS Lanarkshire in 2022, and had brought a knife into the workplace. The panel found his fitness to practise was impaired and ordered that he be struck off the NMC register. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed to cover any appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Gerald M Browne should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Tom Bell in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for 1(i), 1(v), 1(vi), 1(vii), 3(i), 3(ii), 3(iii), 3(iv), 6a, 6b, and 7(i). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired (but not in relation to charges 6b and 7 (i). The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Jiby Jose in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for 1a), 1b), 1c), 1d), 1e), 1f), 1g), 1h), 1i), 1j), 1k), 1l), 3 in relation to 1a) – 1h), 4 in relation to 1a) – 1h), 5 a), 5c), 5e) 6 in relation to 5a), 5c) and 5e) and.... It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive meeting for Vanessa Wells in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1 (in relation to 4,10,14 July 2023, 2, 5 September 2023 set out in Schedule 1), 2 (in relation to 4,10,14 July 2023, 2, 5 September 2023 set out in Schedule 1).... It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that James J Hughes should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Philip Bastable should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ju Young Um's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction for 23 voyeurism offences in Glasgow in April 2025, for which he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with a 9-month extended licence period and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years. The conviction concerned covert recordings of 28 victims in his home and in hospital staff accommodation between 2020 and 2023. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register and imposed an immediate order of suspension.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review hearing for Shirley McLean in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Shirley McLean's existing Suspension order (12 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive hearing for Judith Margaret Nicholas in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a, 5, 7, 8 and 9a. It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Mrs Javeria Khan should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Sajjad Ahmed should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Thomas O'Neill's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register. At Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 17 February 2025 he was convicted of communicating indecently with a 15-year-old child between November 2019 and May 2020 by sending sexually explicit messages and intimate images, and was made subject to the sex offender notification requirements. The tribunal found no evidence of insight or remediation and imposed an immediate order so that the suspension takes effect at once.
Health and Care Professions CouncilChiropodist / podiatrist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Irene B Murray should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Miss Rebecca Chappelle, a registered adult nurse, engaged in sustained bullying, intimidation and racially motivated discrimination toward overseas colleagues at a care home between December 2021 and March 2023. The panel found 14 charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and determined she demonstrated no insight or remorse. A striking-off order was imposed. Miss Chappelle did not attend and had not engaged with the proceedings.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive meeting for James Mark Allen in a misconduct case. The cover page records proved facts for Charges 1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b)(ii), 3(a)(i), 3(a)(ii), 3(a)(iii), 3(a)(iv), 3(b)(i), 3(b)(ii), 3(b)(iii), 3(b)(iv), 4(a), 4(b) and 4(c). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPractitioner psychologist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Dr Evangelia Bonda should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Jayne Carson's fitness to practise was impaired after proved findings that she misappropriated money, falsified records and signatures, and made misleading patient-fund records. The panel also found a private health charge proved, while one dishonesty charge was not proved. It imposed a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review meeting for Tasleem Akhtar in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Tasleem Akhtar's existing Suspension order (6 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC Fitness to Practise Committee held a substantive order review meeting for Lorraine Hill in a misconduct case. The panel was reviewing Lorraine Hill's existing Suspension order (6 months). It recorded fitness to practise as impaired. The panel imposed a striking-off order. The published document gives the full reasons and underlying charge details.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Mrs Yvonne Jane Kearsey, a registered adult nurse, failed to provide adequate care to three vulnerable care home residents in 2021, with multiple failings in record keeping, incident reporting and care planning. The panel found 17 charges proved, found her fitness to practise impaired, and concluded she had provided no evidence of insight or remediation. A striking-off order was imposed on 13 February 2026.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Elena Horri. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 13 February 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Horri from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. On 12 March 2026, Ms Horri lodged an appeal against the Professional Conduct Committee's decision. Ms Horri will remain suspended until the appeal has concluded. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.
Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Christopher Gyiripah should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Miss Jane Barker, a registered adult nurse employed as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy, attended work whilst unfit for duty, misappropriated controlled drugs, and was convicted of theft and possession of a Class A drug. The panel found all charges proved, concluded her fitness to practise was impaired, and imposed a striking-off order on 11 February 2026.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Attiya Sheikh's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction. In May 2025 she was convicted of handling stolen personal protective equipment taken from NHS Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic and was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment. The tribunal concluded the offending was premeditated, persistent and connected to her role as a doctor, and that she had shown no meaningful insight or remediation. On 10 February 2026 it directed that her name be erased from the medical register and imposed an immediate order.
Health and Care Professions CouncilSpeech and language therapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Misbah Ansari should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilMidwife
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC found that Ms Bjork Sabino, a registered midwife, had her fitness to practise reviewed following a 12-month suspension for misconduct and lack of competence including dishonesty. The panel found she had taken no steps to remediate during the suspension period and had no intention to return to nursing. The panel concluded the only appropriate sanction was a striking-off order, taking effect on 18 March 2026.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel decided that Daniel Plant should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on Elizabeth Elaine Greenhill, a registered mental health nurse from Leeds, on 6 February 2026. The committee found charges of misconduct proved, including racially discriminatory conduct towards a colleague at a care home in 2019. The panel found no mitigating features and determined that the discriminatory behaviour was fundamentally incompatible with Ms Greenhill remaining on the register.