Published regulator decisions
UK healthcare practitioners suspended from practice
A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. This page lists recent published suspension decisions across the UK healthcare regulators covered by MedicWatch.
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Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC found that Maureen Jindu Ugbah, a registered nurse, lacked competence across fundamental areas of nursing practice while working at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust in 2023, including patient assessment, medication administration, record keeping and escalation of concerns. The panel also found misconduct arising from her failure to cooperate with an NMC investigation, and that she lacked the knowledge of English needed to practise safely. It imposed a 12-month suspension order and an 18-month interim suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 month
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Laura Elaine McGuigan, a registered mental health nurse, had charges 1a and 1b proved against her and that her fitness to practise is impaired. The committee imposed a suspension order for one month and made no interim order. The NMC recorded the type of case as a caution. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the details of the charges and the panel's reasons are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Jade Robertson (Gregory), a registered adult nurse, had a number of charges proved relating to lack of competence and health. The committee determined that her fitness to practise was impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension order, together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not in the public record.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Hannah Elaine Forbes, a learning disabilities nurse who worked as a team lead at Mary Ann Evans Hospice in Warwickshire, bullied and demeaned colleagues and made an inappropriate remark about the care of a patient with HIV. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and suspended her for six months with a review, imposing an 18-month interim suspension order pending any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months
The NMC found that registered nurse Henrietta Gibson-Leigertwood grabbed a vulnerable mental health patient, pulled the patient by the hair, did not use de-escalation techniques, and then made an inaccurate and dishonest Datix entry claiming the patient had attacked her. She admitted the charges. The Fitness to Practise Committee found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and imposed a three-month suspension order with a review, plus an 18-month interim suspension order.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 4 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ahmed Abdelghani's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. He admitted that, across three appraisals between 2021 and 2023, he submitted five certificates for training courses he had not attended, and that this was dishonest. The tribunal found the dishonesty was repeated but that he had shown significant insight and remediation and gained no benefit. It suspended his registration for four months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that the suspension on dentist Nafisa Kaduji's registration should be extended for a further 12 months. The decision was made by the Health Committee at a review hearing on 2 July 2026. Ms Kaduji has been suspended since 13 August 2024. The order will be reviewed again before it expires. At the time of publication, the decision was within the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Lydia Edwards, an adult nurse working in Bristol, failed to demonstrate the standards of knowledge, skill and judgement required to practise without supervision as a Band 5 nurse between September 2019 and February 2023, in areas including patient assessment, medication administration, time management, record-keeping and communication. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of lack of competence and imposed a 12-month suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Katherine Rachel Power's fitness to practise was impaired in a health case and imposed a 12-month suspension order, with an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal period. The panel accepted a consensual panel determination, and facts were proved by her admission. The hearing was held entirely in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not public.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 4 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sanjay Kumar Narasimhan, a ward manager at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, dishonestly allocated bank shifts a junior colleague had not worked and requested the payments for himself, and acted in an intimidating manner towards that colleague. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a four-month suspension order, with an 18-month interim suspension order pending any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Tina Patricia Orbell, a nurse who worked in Birmingham, publicly shared and commented on social media posts between July 2024 and February 2025 that were offensive, derogatory and discriminatory, motivated by hostility or a discriminatory attitude towards people of a different race, religion or immigration status. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a six-month suspension order, with an 18-month interim suspension order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Paul Brown's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and suspended him for 12 months, with immediate effect and a review. The Professional Conduct Committee found serious clinical failings with two patients, dishonesty in a letter to patients and in NHS claims made under his performer number for another dentist's work, racially motivated conduct in requiring a colleague to anglicise her name, and offensive language and humiliating behaviour towards colleagues.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 4 months
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Suraj Vatish's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and suspended him for four months, with immediate effect and a review. The Professional Conduct Committee found he failed to obtain informed consent before reopening a baby's tongue-tie and lip-tie wounds, handled the parents' complaint defensively without an apology, and acted dishonestly by making a refund conditional on removing a negative review.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Chloe Freya Ellis should remain suspended. At a review hearing on 17 June 2026, the Health Committee found her fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health, noting she had not engaged with the GDC or provided up-to-date evidence about her health. The committee extended her suspension for a further 12 months, with a review before it expires. The hearing was held in private.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that registered nurse and midwife Annette Black's fitness to practise was impaired on the grounds of misconduct and health. The panel found several charges proved and imposed a suspension order for 12 months with a review, together with an interim suspension order of 18 months. The hearing was held in private under Rule 19, so the detailed findings are not public.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Bernadett Kiralyne Kemenes, an adult nurse working in Scottish care homes, made repeated medication errors between October 2022 and June 2023, including giving a resident 32 units of insulin instead of the prescribed 8, and dishonestly amended the resident's medication records to conceal the error. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and suspended her for three months, with an interim conditions of practice order until the suspension takes effect.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
William Robert Stuart Aspinall
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist William Aspinall's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and suspended him for six months. The Professional Conduct Committee found he engaged in inappropriate, sexually motivated conduct towards two female colleagues without their consent, including touching in the surgery, at a nightclub and in a taxi. The committee found impairment on public interest grounds only and did not impose an immediate order.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Moboladale Ojutiku's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. It found that, over about two years, he dishonestly carried out paid private clinics during NHS contracted hours he was scheduled to spend on Trust duties, receiving payment from both. The tribunal found the dishonesty serious and his insight limited, suspended his registration for 12 months and directed a review before it ends.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Omar Aziz acted dishonestly when he answered 'no' on a January 2025 new starter form for an employer, failing to disclose a 2019 tribunal warning, past and ongoing fitness-to-practise investigations, and current restrictions on his practice. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and suspended his registration for six months, with a review before it ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ritah Ssali, a mental health nurse, remains impaired at a review of her 12-month conditions of practice order on 9 June 2026. The panel replaced the conditions with a six-month suspension order taking effect on 13 June 2026. The case concerned misconduct and health matters and was heard entirely in private, so the panel's detailed reasons are not public.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Hannah Jane Finnigan's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and by a conviction, and suspended her for 12 months with immediate effect and a review. The Professional Conduct Committee found she dishonestly failed to declare a police caution when applying for registration, was convicted of drug driving in 2024, did not promptly inform the GDC, and worked without indemnity insurance.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 4 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Neel Chauhan, a GP, dishonestly worked shifts for two telemedicine providers at the same time between March and July 2023 and claimed payment from both, gaining around £8,500. The tribunal decided this was serious misconduct and that his fitness to practise was impaired, but accepted his insight and remediation were exceptional. It suspended his registration for four months.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Sarah Benn's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of misconduct and a conviction arising from her climate-change and animal-rights protests, which included breaching a High Court injunction three times and a conviction for criminal damage. At this review hearing the tribunal found she had shown no further insight or remediation and maintained that her position would not change. Concluding that compliance with the law is a fundamental professional requirement, it suspended her registration for 12 months.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Magdalene Idu Ekpiken, a GP, failed to provide good clinical care to several patients in 2024, including not adequately assessing two patients and not keeping accurate records for three, one record stating she had carried out baby examinations she had not done. The tribunal decided this amounted to serious misconduct and that her fitness to practise was impaired, noting similar failings in 2018. It suspended her registration for six months. Allegations of dishonesty relating to two other patients were found not proved.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Roshan Patel's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and a criminal conviction. In March 2024 he stole a partially used syringe of a controlled drug at work and self-administered it, and was later convicted of theft and drug possession. The tribunal decided his insight and remediation were still developing and suspended his registration for six months, with a review before it ends.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Sean Fergus McMullan, an adult nurse from Mid and East Antrim, breached professional boundaries by sending sexually motivated messages to a patient on Grindr, failed to disclose a conflict of interest when triaging him, and dishonestly told his employer's investigation that the patient or someone else had sent the messages. The panel suspended him for 12 months, with an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Asha Bitita, an adult nurse working at a care home in Oxfordshire, dishonestly told her employer she had called 999 after finding a resident unresponsive in March 2022, when call records showed no 999 call was made. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and suspended her for 12 months, noting the dishonesty was an isolated incident.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Mendiguren's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of misconduct and a criminal conviction. At this review hearing, held in his absence, he provided no evidence and had not engaged with the regulator or shown any insight or remediation. His registration had been suspended in 2025 in connection with a drink-driving conviction and attending work under the influence of alcohol. The tribunal assessed the risk to the public as high and imposed a further 12-month suspension, directing another review.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 month
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ghias's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of a criminal conviction and misconduct. In 2025 he was convicted and fined for assaulting a 14-year-old boy during a street altercation, and he failed to notify the GMC of the charge and conviction without delay. The tribunal accepted his insight and remediation were genuine, that the incident was out of character and that the risk of repetition was low, but concluded a sanction was needed to maintain public confidence. It suspended his registration for one month, with no review required.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 9 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Obinna Julius Onwukwe contacted one patient on social media and phoned another after taking his number from clinical records, all without clinical justification, breaching professional boundaries and patient confidentiality. Allegations of sexual touching and sexual motivation were found not proved. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and suspended him for nine months, with an 18-month interim suspension covering any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 4 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that mental health nurse Brendan James Phair dishonestly asked two junior colleagues to record patient observations that had not been carried out, and separately swore at a patient and pretended to throw a stapler at them. He admitted all the charges. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and suspended him for four months, deciding no review of the order was needed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found nurse Josephine Ruggeri's fitness to practise impaired at a substantive meeting on 21 and 22 May 2026, in a case categorised as misconduct and health. The panel found six charges proved and two not proved, and imposed a 12-month suspension order together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The published document records the outcome only; the panel's detailed reasons are not in the public record.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Prachalias's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct towards three female colleagues. It found he behaved intimidatingly towards one colleague during the Covid pandemic, sexually harassed another at a work Christmas party in a way that was sexually motivated and abused his senior position, and discriminated against a third by excluding her from a meeting because of her sex. The tribunal found his insight limited and remediation incomplete on some matters, but that erasure was not warranted. It suspended his registration for 12 months, with an immediate order and a review hearing directed.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Mariya Holyanova, a nurse caring for a ventilated child at home in Kent, gave the child more oxygen than his care plan allowed, did not call an ambulance when his condition deteriorated, and did not supervise him on the journey to hospital. It also found she dishonestly amended the care records and an incident form to conceal the error. The panel imposed a six-month suspension order with a review.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 9 months
Frank Dieter Bernhard Karl Negwer
The GDC's Health Committee decided that dentist Frank Negwer's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of his health and misconduct, after he did not engage with the regulator following an earlier hearing. At a review on 20 May 2026 the Committee extended the suspension of his registration by nine months, with a further review before the order expires. The original suspension was imposed in November 2025. Much of the hearing was held in private because it concerned his health.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Jeremy David Isaac's fitness to practise was impaired by his conviction for fraud by false representation, and suspended his registration for 12 months with a review. Mr Isaac had pleaded guilty at Swansea Magistrates' Court to prescribing Diazepam for his own use in the names of patients and colleagues between 2015 and 2022. The Committee found impairment on public interest grounds only and did not impose an immediate order.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Preethi Suresh's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. She admitted that in February 2024 she dishonestly scanned QR codes to falsely register attendance at a cardiology training day she had not attended, generating a certificate she uploaded to her e-portfolio. Noting a previous 2021 warning for dishonesty, the tribunal suspended her registration for 12 months, directed a review, and imposed an immediate order of suspension.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 4 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Lina Simaviciute had continued to fail to comply with a GMC direction to undergo a performance assessment, and that she had provided no objective evidence of a good reason for her non-compliance. The assessment had been directed after concerns were raised about her clinical performance, which cannot otherwise be investigated. The tribunal suspended her registration for a further four months and directed a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Farrah Ayub's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct, with all facts proved by her admission. The panel imposed a three-month suspension order with a review. The hearing, held in May 2026, took place entirely in private under Rule 19, so the details of the charges and findings are not in the public record. No interim order was made.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Michael Anjo Apruebo, a nurse at Royal Derby Hospital, acted in an aggressive and intimidating manner towards a vulnerable patient with dementia during a night shift in February 2023, shouting at him, ordering him back to bed and clicking his fingers in his face. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired and imposed a six-month suspension order with a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
Tolulope Edith Imoleayo Akeredolu
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that adult nurse Tolulope Edith Imoleayo Akeredolu's fitness to practise was impaired by a lack of competence, after finding proved a series of medication, record-keeping and infection control failures at two London NHS trusts between 2017 and 2021. The panel imposed a six-month suspension order on 13 May 2026, with a review before it expires, and an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Lusina Dirorimwe did not attend a night shift caring for a vulnerable patient on 31 December 2019, completed clinical records indicating she had provided care that night when she had not, and dishonestly claimed hours she had not worked. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension order. Charges relating to a November 2019 shift were found not proved.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
Abdelhamid Sabri Abdu Mohammed Abdu
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Abdelhamid Sabri Abdu Mohammed Abdu had not complied with a GMC direction to undergo a performance assessment, which had been ordered after concerns were raised about his clinical knowledge and skills as a radiology trainee. The tribunal accepted there was good reason for his non-compliance but found no realistic prospect of him completing the assessment soon. It suspended his registration for 12 months and directed a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Shauna McGarvey's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her health. She was convicted in November 2023 of stealing prescription drugs at Forth Valley Royal Hospital's Acute Admissions Unit between December 2021 and February 2022. The panel suspended her from the register for 12 months with a review, and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order covering the appeal period.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Charlene Pearl Withers' fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and a conviction. The committee found she was convicted in June 2024 of failing to provide a specimen for analysis, and that she dishonestly failed to declare a 2010 police caution on her 2013 registration application. It suspended her registration for 12 months with a review, and imposed an immediate suspension order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 2 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Sarah Jane Barea gave advice on the Covid-19 vaccine contrary to public health advice, including saying or implying to a caller that the vaccine was toxic, and encouraging a patient not to pursue vaccination. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and imposed a two-month suspension order, with an 18-month interim suspension to cover any appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Rashida John failed to check the blood pressure, pulse, temperature and oxygen saturations of six care home residents during a night shift, recorded observations she had not taken, and acted dishonestly in doing so. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds only and imposed a three-month suspension order with a review.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Pauline Lino attended a night shift at a care home on 26 March 2024 when she was unfit to carry out her duties safely because she was under the influence of alcohol. The panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public protection and public interest grounds and imposed a six-month suspension order with a review, plus an 18-month interim suspension order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The GDC's Professional Conduct Committee decided at a review hearing on 29 April 2026 that dentist Athanasios Stamoulis's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of misconduct, and extended his suspension for a further six months with a review before it expires. The misconduct concerned the care of a patient in April 2022, including failures over treatment options, radiographs and the treatment of two teeth. The committee found no evidence of insight or remediation since the last review.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The GDC's Professional Conduct Committee decided at a review hearing on 29 April 2026 that dentist Athanasios Stamoulis's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of misconduct in a second case, and extended his suspension for a further six months with a review before it expires. The misconduct concerned radiographic, treatment planning, informed consent and record-keeping failings in the care of two patients between April 2017 and November 2018. The committee received no evidence of insight or remediation.