Simon Mudepu

Introduction

Simon Mudepu is a former UK mental health nurse from North Yorkshire whose registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) was erased in May 2026. At a substantive hearing, an NMC Fitness to Practise Committee found that, while working as a Clinical Lead, he had directed sexually motivated conduct and harassment at two junior female colleagues between February and July 2024, including unwanted physical contact and comments. The panel concluded that his actions were fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register and made a striking-off order.

Background Information

Mr Mudepu was a registered nurse with the NMC, registration number 92B0399E, working in North Yorkshire as a Clinical Lead — a senior position that the panel later found carried a clear power imbalance of banding and age over the staff below him. One of the colleagues concerned, Colleague A, was a healthcare assistant who was 18 years old and new to her role at the time of the events.

The conduct considered by the committee took place between February and July 2024. Significantly, the panel found that this misconduct occurred while Mr Mudepu was already subject to a three-year caution order imposed for similar concerns, a fact it treated as a previous regulatory finding in aggravation. The substantive hearing opened on 20 May 2026 and ended on 28 May 2026, when the decision was handed down.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. Simon Mudepu has not been criminally charged or prosecuted, and nothing on this page is a criminal conviction. Every finding below was made on the civil standard — the balance of probabilities — by the NMC Fitness to Practise Committee at a regulatory hearing. No charges were found not proved: the panel found every charge proved, and part of the factual basis rested on his partial early admission of the facts, which the panel recorded in his favour when weighing mitigation.

The charges concerned Mr Mudepu’s behaviour toward Colleague A and toward a second colleague, Colleague B. Between February and July 2024, the panel found, he made personal comments to Colleague A, offered shift favours, held and/or stroked her hand, and put his arm around her. On 6 July 2024 he took her hand, put his hand around her shoulder, and took hold of her arm to demonstrate a restraint. He also booked a night shift for her after she had said she was unavailable, telling her she would have to ‘get on the night shifts’. Toward Colleague B, he touched and/or slapped her lower back.

The panel found that the conduct toward both colleagues was sexually motivated, unwanted, related to their sex and of a sexual nature, and that it had the effect of violating their dignity or creating an intimidating, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. Every charge — numbered 1a to 1d, 2a to 2c, 3, 4a to 4d, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10a to 10d — was found proved. The committee determined that his actions fell seriously short of the standards expected of a registered nurse and amounted to misconduct, and that he had abused his senior position as Clinical Lead against the backdrop of that banding and age imbalance.

In aggravation, the panel listed abuse of a position of trust; deliberate breaches of the Code; a pattern of misconduct over a period of time; previous regulatory or disciplinary findings; limited insight; the vulnerability of Colleague A, who was very young and new to her role; premeditated behaviour; predatory behaviour; and failure to work collaboratively with colleagues. The mitigation it identified was comparatively limited: a partial early admission of the facts, apologies to anyone affected, some relevant training courses, and limited reflective accounts.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The immediate consequence was the loss of his professional registration. The committee found Mr Mudepu’s fitness to practise currently impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds, assessed a high risk of repetition, and concluded that his actions were fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register. It made a striking-off order and, to cover any appeal period, imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.

The determination is a public document published through the NMC’s fitness to practise process, and the outcome is now recorded in independent public records of UK regulator decisions such as MedicWatch, which lists the case under erasures. Because the matter was resolved within the regulatory system, with all charges proved before the committee, no criminal court proceedings form part of the record.

Current Status

As of the decision date of 28 May 2026, Simon Mudepu is struck off the NMC register — what the regulator calls erasure — and is no longer permitted to practise as a nurse in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years but is otherwise indefinite. In the meantime, the 18-month interim suspension order covers any appeal period.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The striking-off order ends Mr Mudepu’s ability to work as a registered nurse in the United Kingdom, removing the Clinical Lead role he held and any other registered practice. The panel’s characterisation of his behaviour as premeditated and predatory, its finding of limited insight, and the fact that the misconduct occurred while he was already subject to a three-year caution order for similar concerns all weighed against any lesser sanction. The committee acknowledged his partial early admission of the facts, his apologies to anyone affected, the training courses he had completed and his reflective accounts, but concluded that these did not reduce the risk his registration would pose. Any return to the register would require a successful review after at least five years.

Sources

• MedicWatch, “Simon Mudepu — Struck off the register · 28 May 2026,” 28 May 2026.source