Alexandru Gabriel Jigoreanu

Introduction

Alexandru Gabriel Jigoreanu is a former UK registered nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council registration 16D0649C) whose career ended in a striking-off order. On 29 July 2026, at a substantive hearing of the NMC’s Fitness to Practise Committee that began and was decided on the same day, the panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of a conviction. On 27 February 2025 he had been convicted at Leeds Crown Court of making an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child, contrary to sections 1(1)(a) and 6 of the Protection of Children Act 1978, having pleaded guilty. The panel imposed a striking-off order — removal from the register — supported by an 18-month interim suspension order covering the 28-day appeal period. The determination is recorded by MedicWatch, an independent record of UK healthcare regulator decisions.

Background Information

The public record of the case is compact. Jigoreanu was a nurse on the NMC register under number 16D0649C. The regulator’s involvement began on 13 February 2025, when the case was referred to the NMC by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — a referral that preceded the criminal proceedings’ conclusion by two weeks, since the conviction at Leeds Crown Court followed on 27 February 2025. He pleaded guilty to making an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child and was sentenced to a community order with conditions. Beyond the referral, the conviction and the sentence, the determination records nothing about his employment history, training or personal circumstances; what is known comes almost entirely from the published NMC determination, which MedicWatch added to its record on 31 July 2026.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. Alexandru Jigoreanu’s conviction at Leeds Crown Court on 27 February 2025 for making an indecent photograph of a child, contrary to sections 1(1)(a) and 6 of the Protection of Children Act 1978, is a matter of court record; he pleaded guilty, and the NMC panel treated the certificate of conviction as conclusive proof. No counts were acquitted, and this page records no unproven allegations against him.

The incident that ended his nursing career was his criminal conviction. On 27 February 2025, at Leeds Crown Court, Jigoreanu was convicted of making an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child, an offence under sections 1(1)(a) and 6 of the Protection of Children Act 1978. He pleaded guilty and received a community order with conditions. The charge before the NMC’s Fitness to Practise Committee followed directly from that conviction: that a registered nurse had been so convicted, and that in light of it his fitness to practise was impaired.

At the substantive hearing on 29 July 2026 the panel found the charge proved. It did so without re-trying the underlying facts: under Rule 31(2) of the NMC (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004, a certificate of conviction can be treated as conclusive proof of the conviction it records, and the panel accepted it on that basis. The panel then found that his conduct breached sections 1.5, 16.3, 17.1, 20.1, 20.4 and 20.5 of the Code — the NMC’s professional standards — and that the first three limbs of the Grant test, the framework applied where a registrant’s conviction is in question, were engaged. On aggravation and mitigation it identified no mitigating features at all, and a single aggravating factor: that the conviction was for a sexual offence relating to images involving child sexual abuse or exploitation.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The immediate consequence was professional and public: a striking-off order. The panel concluded that the breaches demonstrated deep-seated attitudinal concerns which are difficult to put right, that Jigoreanu had shown no insight or remediation, and that a risk of repetition remained. It determined that his conduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, treated the case as a ‘highest risk case’ under NMC guidance SAN-4, and found impairment necessary on public interest grounds. A striking-off order removes a nurse from the register, so that he may no longer practise as a registered nurse in the UK. Because a determination can be appealed within 28 days, the panel supported the order with an 18-month interim suspension order covering that appeal period, keeping him off the register while it ran. The publication of the determination is itself part of the public record: the outcome now stands against his name and registration number, including on independent record services such as MedicWatch.

Current Status

As of the decision date of 29 July 2026, Jigoreanu stands struck off the NMC register, the most severe outcome available to a fitness to practise panel. An 18-month interim suspension order covers the 28-day appeal period that follows the decision; the determination records no appeal having been brought. MedicWatch added the determination to its public record on 31 July 2026, and its page directs readers to check the official NMC register for the practitioner’s current registration status. No restoration application or further development appears on the record.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The striking-off order ends Jigoreanu’s career as a registered nurse in the UK. The panel’s reasoning explains why it regarded the outcome as required: it treated the matter as a ‘highest risk case’ under NMC guidance SAN-4, found deep-seated attitudinal concerns which are difficult to put right, identified no insight or remediation, and concluded that a risk of repetition remained, making his conduct fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register. The single aggravating factor — a conviction for a sexual offence relating to images involving child sexual abuse or exploitation — was paired with an absence of any mitigating features, leaving nothing for the panel to weigh against permanent removal from the profession. The conviction recorded at Leeds Crown Court in February 2025 and the erasure recorded against registration 16D0649C remain on the public record: any employer, agency or member of the public who checks his registration encounters both.

Sources

• MedicWatch, “Alexandru Gabriel Jigoreanu — Struck off the register · 29 July 2026,” added July 31, 2026 — source