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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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.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Samantha Jane Pickering accessed patients' clinical records without clinical justification, contacted one patient after viewing her records, and was dishonest when questioned about her actions by her employer. 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 ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC's Health Committee decided at a review hearing on 28 April 2026 to extend the suspension of dental nurse Sara Ann Morgan's registration by a further 12 months, with a review before it expires. The committee found she was no longer impaired by reason of a 2021 drink-driving conviction, but that her fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health, which she had not shown had been addressed. Much of the hearing was held in private.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Lian Kenny received £5,993.51 in sick pay from an NHS trust while also working for another NHS trust between August 2020 and October 2021, and that her conduct was dishonest. Accepting a consensual panel determination, the panel found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a six-month suspension order without review.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Nuri Attagour. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 3-month suspension. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that the suspension on Mr Hamilton's registration as a dentist should be extended for a further 12 months. The Professional Conduct Committee held a review hearing on 21 April 2026 and ordered that the suspension be reviewed again before the end of the new order. Mr Hamilton has been suspended since 1 April 2025. The decision is within the 28-day appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that nurse Stefan Emil Popa's fitness to practise remains impaired at a review hearing on 20 April 2026. The panel replaced his conditions of practice order with a 12-month suspension order taking effect on 29 May 2026, finding he had not demonstrated further insight into earlier failings involving medication administration, record keeping and observations following falls.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Shelley Rossiter, a senior nurse at Northampton General Hospital, accessed the clinical records of family members and family members of colleagues without authority or clinical justification on many occasions over a five-year period. The panel found there was no actual harm to patients but the conduct was a serious breach of the duty of confidentiality. It found her fitness to practise impaired on public interest grounds and imposed a six-month suspension order with review. No interim order was made.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Alesia Ann Allen's suspension as a dental nurse should be extended by a further 12 months, with a review. The Professional Conduct Committee reviewed an existing suspension order originally imposed in April 2025 following her criminal convictions. Mrs Allen has not engaged with the General Dental Council since October 2023 and provided no evidence of insight or remediation. The Committee concluded her fitness to practise remains impaired and the public must be protected.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ms Juliet Sunny Johnson, a registered mental health nurse, hit a patient with a plastic bottle on 10 September 2023 and later, in an April 2024 job application to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, dishonestly failed to disclose she was subject to an NMC investigation and an Interim Conditions of Practice Order. The panel suspended her from practice for 12 months and imposed an 18-month interim suspension order pending the conclusion of any appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee, sitting as a Substantive Meeting, decided that Kevin James Knight, a registered nurse, has impaired fitness to practise on health grounds, and imposed a 12-month suspension order with review, together with an 18-month interim suspension order. The case was heard entirely in private under Rule 19 of the Nursing and Midwifery Fitness to Practise Rules, so the underlying details are not published.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 8 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Chirag Patel's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. Dr Patel, a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University Hospital of Wales, admitted he engaged in a sexual relationship with a patient who was vulnerable by reason of her physical health, sent her explicit images of himself, and prescribed her controlled medication outside proper clinical processes including without telling her GP. The tribunal suspended his registration for 8 months.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 9 months
The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Boden's fitness to practise as a dental nurse is impaired by misconduct. The Professional Conduct Committee found that, in 2023, she falsified entries in her dental sedation training workbook, used real patient information she should not have had, and recorded clinical skills she had not actually been observed performing. The Committee found her conduct was dishonest, misleading and lacked integrity. It suspended her registration for 9 months, with a review before the order ends, and ordered immediate suspension to cover the 28-day appeal period.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 2 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ifeanyi Ntomchukwu's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of eight driving convictions in 2024, including driving on a provisional licence without insurance and driving in excess of 100mph without stopping for police. The tribunal found he had shown remorse and had passed his driving test, but had not fully appreciated the risk his behaviour posed to public safety. It suspended his registration for two months, on grounds of upholding public confidence and professional standards.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Shahmeen Rasul, while working as a Foundation Year 2 doctor in Belfast in 2024, dishonestly completed and signed a professional reference in the name of a consultant cardiologist without his knowledge or agreement, and submitted it to a locum agency. The tribunal found her insight into the dishonesty was still developing and that the risk to public protection was medium. It suspended her registration for three months and directed a review hearing.
HCPCRadiographer
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 2 months
William Smethurst
The HCPTS panel decided that William Smethurst should be subject to the published outcome from a review hearing. The panel imposed, confirmed or continued a suspension for 2 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 5 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Milind Gadgil dishonestly failed to declare on a 2024 NHS job application that he had been dismissed in Nebraska after attending work over the alcohol limit, and failed to tell the GMC that medical boards in Nebraska, Maryland, Tennessee, Maine and Texas had suspended his licence to practise. The tribunal found his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct. It suspended his registration for five months, directed a review hearing, and imposed an immediate order.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee found that Grace Okanlawon, a registered nurse, remains impaired and replaced her existing 12-month conditions of practice order with a six-month suspension order taking effect on 22 May 2026. The panel found there was no evidence she had complied with her conditions of practice order or addressed the original concerns about clinical failings at a nursing home in 2022, including blood glucose monitoring, blood pressure checks, PEG feeding and record keeping.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Kausik Ray's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of his 2022 conviction for sexual assault of a colleague at Royal Sussex County Hospital. While the tribunal accepted his risk of repeating the behaviour was low and that he had shown insight and undertaken remediation, it gave significant weight to the fact that he remains on the Sex Offenders Register until June 2027. It suspended his registration for a further 12 months with an immediate order, and directed a review hearing.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Gooch should be suspended from the dental nurse register for a further 12 months, with a review before the order expires. This was the first review of a suspension imposed in April 2025 for failing to co-operate with a GDC investigation. The Committee found Ms Gooch had not engaged with the GDC and provided no evidence of insight or remediation, so her fitness to practise remained impaired.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Brown's suspension from the dentist register would be extended for a further 12 months, with a review before the order expires. The Committee was reviewing a suspension first imposed in March 2025 for failing to cooperate with a GDC investigation into a patient complaint. It found no evidence of insight or remediation and concluded Mr Brown's fitness to practise remained impaired.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Aydon's fitness to practise as a dental nurse is impaired by misconduct. The Professional Conduct Committee found admitted clinical governance failings as practice manager at a BUPA practice in 2021 and 2022, including problems with infection control, equipment, medicines and staff training. The Committee also found that, when audited, she dishonestly told an investigator she had held a December 2021 staff meeting on the Winter COVID procedure when she had not. It suspended her registration for 6 months with a review, and ordered immediate suspension to cover the 28-day appeal period.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Colin Winter, a consultant anaesthetist, was dishonest when applying for jobs at Holt Doctors and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in 2023 and 2024. He failed to disclose an internal NHS investigation into his practice and a later GMC investigation. The tribunal said his dishonesty was repeated and serious. It suspended his registration for 12 months with a review and imposed an immediate order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Manir's suspension from the dentist register would be extended for a further 3 months, with a review before the order expires. The Committee was reviewing a 3-month suspension first imposed in January 2026 for failing to maintain a correct address with the GDC over four years and not providing patient records or indemnity details. The Committee found his engagement still fell short of what was required.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr De Bono, a dentist, was convicted in 2023 of speeding at 162mph, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance. He failed to inform the GDC of these convictions, which the tribunal found to be dishonest and intended to conceal his offending from his regulator. His fitness to practise was found impaired by misconduct and convictions. The tribunal imposed a 12-month suspension with a review.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Colwill's fitness to practise as a dental nurse is impaired by her stalking conviction and by misconduct. The Professional Conduct Committee found that she had been convicted at Exeter Magistrates' Court in May 2024 of stalking causing serious alarm and distress, and that she had then failed to tell the GDC about the conviction immediately, waiting nearly three months. The Committee found that delay was misleading and dishonest. It suspended her registration for 12 months with a review, and ordered immediate suspension to cover the appeal period.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
Vaisakh Thankappan Pillai Sreedevi
The NMC found that Vaisakh Sreedevi, a registered nurse, was the subject of a fitness to practise hearing on 7 April 2026 concerning a misconduct and health case. Five charges were proved by his agreement under a Consensual Panel Determination. The panel held the hearing entirely in private to protect his privacy, so the details of the charges have not been published. The panel decided his fitness to practise is impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension order with review.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The GDC tribunal decided at a review hearing that Mr Jan's fitness to practise as a dentist remains impaired by misconduct. He had previously been placed under conditions of practice following CQC inspection failures at his dental practice. The tribunal found he had not engaged with the GDC, had not complied with his conditions, and had provided no evidence of remediation or insight. The tribunal revoked the conditions order and imposed a 12-month suspension with a review, with immediate effect.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 4 months
Serenidade Bela Do Nascimento Fernandes
The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Fernandes, a dental nurse, was convicted in 2023 of assaulting two police officers. She also failed to inform the GDC of her charge and conviction, which the tribunal found amounted to misconduct. The tribunal found her fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and conviction. Mitigation included remorse, good character, and challenging personal circumstances. The tribunal imposed a 4-month suspension with a review and immediate effect.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a six-month suspension order with review on Jenna Hannah Mackay, a registered adult nurse from Jersey, on 1 April 2026. The panel found that, between 2017 and 2021 at Jersey General Hospital, she had engaged in a pattern of bullying behaviour towards three junior colleagues, including unfair rostering, raised voices, and undermining comments, and that in May 2021 she had provided an inaccurate reference about a colleague that lacked integrity. The panel concluded she had limited insight into the nature and impact of bullying but that her clinical practice was high quality and that suspension would allow further reflection. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 month
The GDC tribunal decided to suspend Ishaq Arif Mahmood, a dentist, for 28 days. The Professional Conduct Committee found that Mr Mahmood had amended Patient A's clinical records retrospectively without indicating they had been changed, and that this conduct was misleading and dishonest. The Committee found that while he had also failed to discuss all the risks of the orthodontic treatment, this did not reach the level of misconduct. His fitness to practise was found impaired on public interest grounds, and a 28-day suspension was imposed to uphold professional standards.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Muhammad Imran, a paediatric cardiac surgery fellow in Birmingham, physically and emotionally abused his partner Ms A over a long period. The tribunal said the abuse was serious misconduct and that his insight into what he had done was superficial. It suspended his registration for 12 months with a review hearing and imposed an immediate order of suspension. Dr Imran had returned to practise in Pakistan and relinquished his GMC licence in 2025.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 1 year
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a 12-month suspension order with review on Charan Kanwal Sidhu, a registered adult nurse from Shropshire, on 25 March 2026. The panel found that, as registered manager and later owner of Oldbury Grange Nursing Home between 2015 and 2021, she had failed to adequately implement systems and procedures in areas including infection control, risk assessment, nutrition, equipment maintenance, fire safety, and waste disposal, and that these failings exposed residents to a risk of serious harm. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNurse
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months
The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a six-month suspension order on Dhanwati Ramdarass, a registered mental health nurse from Hertfordshire, on 25 March 2026. The panel found that, as the registered provider and nominated individual of a care home as of June 2022, she had failed in her oversight responsibilities, including ensuring up-to-date medication administration training, adequate risk assessments for residents and for food hygiene, and proper safeguarding. The panel concluded vulnerable patients were exposed to a serious risk of harm and that she had limited insight, but accepted significant mitigation including the COVID-19 context and her training. An interim suspension order of 18 months was imposed pending appeal.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 7 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ameen Mardanpour, while a fifth-year medical student on a GP placement in May 2023, used his professional position to attempt to establish an improper, sexually motivated emotional relationship with a vulnerable patient by sending personal mobile and WhatsApp messages over three days. Dr Mardanpour admitted all charges. The tribunal, taking into account his significant insight, remediation and remorse, suspended his registration for seven months with a review hearing directed.
Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
Suspension(suspended from practice)· 2 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Charles Anigala's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of misconduct. At this review hearing, the tribunal looked at his progress since a four-month suspension imposed in 2025 for dishonesty about a patient who later died. It decided his insight and remediation were not yet complete, particularly around accurate record keeping. The tribunal suspended his registration for a further two months and directed a review hearing.