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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Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for David Cartland. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Jacek Lewit. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Ranjna Sharma. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 25 June 2025, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Sharma 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.
Health and Care Professions CouncilChiropodist / podiatrist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that Daljit Kooner's fitness to practise was impaired following his conviction for an offence under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. The panel found no evidence of insight, remorse or remediation and identified a risk of repetition. It struck him off the register with immediate effect and imposed an interim suspension covering any appeal period.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Paul Scott. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Madeline Amy Cornwell. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 17 June 2025 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Cornwell 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.
Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that radiographer Wendy Thomas twice attended work under the influence of alcohol, drank during a shift and made serious treatment-recording errors while intoxicated. It found limited insight, no evidence of remediation and a significant risk of repetition. Concluding that suspension would serve no positive purpose and no lesser sanction would protect the public, it struck her off.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that Ihab Sharaf remained impaired after failing over several years to demonstrate sufficient insight, reflection or remediation for serious conduct and safety failings. It struck him off the register.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Fakher Gendy. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that paramedic David Ball repeatedly subjected two junior female colleagues to sexual comments and unwanted touching, and made a derogatory comment about a patient. It found limited insight, no remediation and a real risk of repetition. Given the seriousness of the conduct and the need to protect the public, the panel struck him off.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that occupational therapist Christel Rogers remained impaired following a drink-driving conviction and misconduct for reporting the charge late to the HCPC. The review panel said she had not engaged with the hearing or provided evidence of insight or remediation, leaving a risk of repetition. It decided that extending her suspension had no merit and ordered her struck from the register.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that operating department practitioner Joseph William Yeardley remained impaired after earlier findings of sexual conduct towards colleagues. It found no evidence of improved insight or remediation and could not rule out repetition. Given his disengagement and stated intention not to return to practice, the panel struck him off when his suspension expired.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Kayleigh McApline Moffat. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 21 May 2025 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Moffat 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.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Keyur Buch. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Health and Care Professions CouncilBiomedical scientist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that biomedical scientist Matthew Lane committed misconduct and lacked competence after repeated failures to follow laboratory procedures, respond to management requests and behave appropriately towards colleagues. It reached mixed findings on individual allegations. The panel found current impairment on personal and public grounds and ordered him struck from the register, with an 18-month interim suspension during any appeal.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Erasure(struck off the register)
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Mohamed Ramadan. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel struck paramedic Abdul Hakim Mohammed off after finding that he persistently subjected a colleague to unwanted, sexually motivated comments, pursuit and physical contact. The panel placed the misconduct at the higher end of the spectrum and found limited insight, no meaningful remediation and an ongoing risk of repetition.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Sade Louise Owen. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 08 April 2025 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Owen 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 ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Andrew Robert Ullathorne. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 2 April 2025 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Ullathorne 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.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that paramedic Graham Scott repeatedly made sexually motivated comments and propositions to younger or junior female colleagues and touched another colleague's thigh. It found serious misconduct, current impairment and a high risk of repetition, ordered erasure and imposed an 18-month interim suspension for the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOperating department practitioner
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel considered operating department practitioner James Bugg's convictions involving hundreds of indecent images of children. It found very limited insight and a continuing risk of repetition, while the offending exploited children including a baby. The panel concluded that the convictions were incompatible with registration and struck him off.
Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found radiographer Smitha Johny's fitness to practise impaired by wide-ranging lack of competence that placed patients at risk. It initially suspended her for six months because she had shown no insight or remediation. After the Professional Standards Authority appealed, the High Court replaced the suspension with a striking-off order.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that physiotherapist Leslie Richards's convictions for two assaults by penetration and actual bodily harm impaired his fitness to practise. It found a continuing public risk and no meaningful evidence of insight or remediation, ordered erasure and imposed an 18-month interim suspension for the appeal period.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Abbie Woodfine. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 26 February 2025 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Woodfine from the register and ordered that her registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel reviewed occupational therapist Sarah Neita's longstanding order for record-keeping, clinical follow-up and confidentiality failings. After almost eight years, she provided no current evidence of insight, remediation or safe practice and had stopped engaging. The panel concluded that further restrictions would serve no purpose and struck her off.
Health and Care Professions CouncilBiomedical scientist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel considered biomedical scientist Adam Brown's conviction for attempting sexual communication with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Although he had undertaken courses and counselling, the panel found incomplete acceptance and a continuing risk of repetition. It concluded that the offence was fundamentally incompatible with registration and struck him off.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Anthony Dean Dick. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 21 February 2025 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Dick's 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.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel struck occupational therapist Ismael G Lavares off after his conviction for stealing a vulnerable hospital patient's bank card and repeatedly using it to withdraw money. The panel found deliberate financial abuse, no insight, remorse or remediation and a high repetition risk, making any lesser sanction insufficient.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOccupational therapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that occupational therapist Edwin Bedford repeatedly breached boundaries with junior female colleagues, including sexually motivated conduct, and made a racially motivated comment while misusing his senior position. With little insight, no remediation and a high risk of repetition, the panel concluded that lesser sanctions could not protect the public and struck him off.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental therapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Kyle Peter O'Neil Anderson. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 14 February 2025, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Anderson 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.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel struck physiotherapist Adrian P Harding off after finding that he repeatedly administered Botulinum Toxin A without prescriptions, informed written consent or adequate records and dishonestly altered a prescription. The conduct spanned many years and created significant risk. With no meaningful insight, remorse or remediation, the panel found lesser sanctions insufficient.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel struck physiotherapist Dawn E Hicklin off after finding that she supplied Botulinum Toxin outside her trust's governance, allowed a colleague to administer it, kept inadequate records and acted dishonestly during an investigation. Although she admitted the allegations and had some insight, she did not demonstrate adequate remediation and later disengaged.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found Timothy Flockhart's fitness to practise impaired following convictions for making indecent images of children. It found a risk of repetition and no evidence of insight or remediation, struck him off the register and imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
General Pharmaceutical CouncilPharmacist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GPhC committee decided that Dushyant Manibhai Patel should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a conviction case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
General Pharmaceutical CouncilPharmacist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GPhC committee decided that Kwao Frimpong should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing in a conviction and misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
General Pharmaceutical CouncilPharmacist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GPhC committee decided that Sithembile Sibanda should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that radiographer Oliver Hough's convictions for assault by penetration and three sexual assaults impaired his fitness to practise. It found no evidence of insight or remediation and a significant repetition risk, ordered erasure and imposed an 18-month interim suspension for the appeal period.
General Pharmaceutical CouncilPharmacist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GPhC committee decided that Modie Al-Shakarchi should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a conviction case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Mohsen Mobasseri. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 13 December 2024 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Mobasseri from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. On 10 January 2025 Mr Mobasseri appealed against the decision. On 14th November 2025, the High Court dismissed the registrant’s appeal and upheld the sanction of erasure. This took effect... 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 considered radiographer Francois Marion Jurado's conviction for sexual communications with someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy. It found virtually no insight, no effective remediation and a continuing risk of sexual reoffending while he remained subject to a criminal sentence. The panel concluded that only striking off could protect the public.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found Stuart A Gray's fitness to practise impaired following multiple serious sexual offence convictions. It found a high risk of repetition, no insight or remediation, and conduct fundamentally incompatible with registration, and struck him off the register.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Abhishek Singh. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 29 November 2024, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Singh from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. On 19 December 2024, Mr Singh appealed against the decision. His registration will remain suspended pending the resolution of the appeal. On 15 July 2025 The appeal was allowed in respect of... The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Frances Louise Bevan. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 21 November 2024 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Bevan's 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.
Health and Care Professions CouncilPhysiotherapist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel struck physiotherapist Eric Lumortsey off after finding that he deliberately subjected a patient to sexually motivated contact during two treatment sessions. The conduct caused harm and breached professional trust. With very limited insight, no remediation and a real risk of repetition, the panel found that no lesser sanction would protect the public.
Health and Care Professions CouncilParamedic
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that paramedic Wesley Weathers knowingly pursued a vulnerable former service user through more than 200 sexually motivated social-media messages. It found serious misconduct, current impairment and a significant repetition risk, ordered erasure and imposed an 18-month interim suspension for the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilChiropodist / podiatrist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that podiatrist Patrick F Ricketts misrepresented himself as an osteopath, breached professional boundaries, communicated inappropriately with service users and worked outside his registered scope. It found misconduct and current impairment, ordered erasure and imposed an 18-month interim suspension for the appeal period.
General Pharmaceutical CouncilPharmacy technician
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GPhC committee directed Sheikh Mohammad Nizam Mahmood's removal from the pharmacy technicians' register in November 2024 following convictions for rape of a child and supplying cannabis. It found impaired fitness to practise and concluded that the convictions were incompatible with continued registration. It also imposed an immediate interim suspension pending removal taking effect.
Health and Care Professions CouncilRadiographer
Erasure(struck off the register)
The HCPTS panel found that radiographer Matthew Joseph's four convictions for sexual assault impaired his fitness to practise. It found a risk of repetition and no evidence of insight or remediation, ordered his erasure from the Register and imposed an 18-month interim suspension for the appeal period.
Health and Care Professions CouncilOrthoptist
Erasure(struck off the register)
At review, the HCPTS panel found that orthoptist Karen M Dean had not remedied the misconduct that led to her suspension and remained impaired. It found continuing risk, lack of insight and unwillingness to resolve the concerns, and replaced the suspension with a striking-off order.
General Pharmaceutical CouncilPharmacy technician
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GPhC committee decided that James Nicholls should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a caution and misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.