Beebee Rehanah Roopun

Introduction

Beebee Rehanah Roopun is a nurse, formerly on the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council with registration number 90D1551E, who was struck off by the NMC’s Fitness to Practise Committee on 4 September 2026 after a panel found her fitness to practise impaired. The case concerned a dishonest failure to disclose safeguarding information during a joint fostering application, together with a failure to notify her employer of the subsequent deregistration. The panel found that repeated dishonest omissions prevented proper safeguarding assessments and put children and vulnerable adults at risk.

The decision closed an unusually long procedural history. An earlier stage of the case had ended in a finding of no impairment, but after an appeal by the Professional Standards Authority, the High Court set that decision aside, added a misconduct finding in relation to the first charge, and remitted the question of impairment to a new NMC panel — the panel that ultimately directed erasure. The substantive hearing ran from 1 to 4 September 2026.

Background Information

Roopun was a senior nurse with a long career and positive clinical references; the panel that struck her off expressly acknowledged that there were no concerns about her current clinical competence and that she showed some insight into her failings. Her seniority was nonetheless treated as relevant to the findings, on the basis that a nurse in a senior position should have been a role model to the nursing profession.

The events at the centre of the case arose from a joint fostering application. The charges alleged a dishonest failure to disclose safeguarding information during that application, and — after the fostering was deregistered — failures to notify the employer and the NMC of the deregistration. The determination notes that allegations concerning another person are not findings against Ms Roopun.

At the earlier stage, findings proved the non-disclosure on the fostering application and the dishonesty surrounding it, and proved the failure to notify her employer of the fostering deregistration. Two other allegations were not proved: the charge of failing to notify the NMC, and the allegation that the notification given about the deregistration was itself dishonest. The Professional Standards Authority then appealed, and the High Court added a misconduct finding for charge 1, set aside the earlier no-impairment decision, and remitted impairment to a new NMC panel.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. The findings against Beebee Rehanah Roopun were made on the balance of probabilities by a Nursing and Midwifery Council regulatory panel and are not criminal convictions. The charge of failing to notify the NMC of the fostering deregistration was not proved, and neither was the allegation of dishonesty concerning the notification of that deregistration.

The case concerned a dishonest failure to disclose safeguarding information during a joint fostering application. The proved findings covered the application non-disclosure and its dishonesty, and the failure to notify the employer of the fostering deregistration; the further charge of failing to notify the NMC was not proved, and dishonesty concerning the deregistration notification was likewise not proved. The panel therefore dealt with misconduct in relation to charges 1 and 3, as framed following the High Court remittal.

The remittal followed a Professional Standards Authority appeal, in which the High Court added a misconduct finding for charge 1 and set aside the earlier decision that Roopun’s fitness to practise was not impaired, sending the question of impairment to a fresh panel. That new panel reheard the matter at the substantive hearing of 1 to 4 September 2026 and concluded the case.

The panel found that the repeated dishonest omissions had prevented proper safeguarding assessments from being carried out and had put children and vulnerable adults at risk. It found impairment on both public protection and public interest grounds, and it treated the dishonesty as having continued over a period of time, persisting even when Roopun was confronted by the fostering agency.

Public Reaction and Consequences

Having found impairment, the NMC panel ordered striking off — the most severe sanction available, removing Roopun’s name from the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The panel balanced a long career, positive clinical references, workplace testimonials and some insight against what it saw as an insufficient acceptance of personal responsibility and insufficient remediation to address the risk of repetition. In mitigation, it credited her engagement with the NMC process and the positive testimonials from her workplace.

The aggravating factors the panel identified included limited insight into her failings and into how the misconduct had affected those fostered under her care, conduct that put children and vulnerable adults at risk of harm, and what it described as a “lack of candour from a senior nurse.” It further cited her senior position — she should have been a role model to the profession — dishonesty over a period of time even when confronted by the fostering agency, and personal and financial gain from the joint dishonest misconduct.

Current Status

Beebee Rehanah Roopun was struck off the NMC register on 4 September 2026, with the regulator directing removal of her name from the register. An 18-month interim suspension covers the appeal period; if no appeal is lodged, the striking-off takes the place of that suspension 28 days after written notification.

Impact on Their Career/Life

Striking off ends Roopun’s registration as a nurse with the NMC, removing her from the professional register and so from lawful practice as a registered nurse in the United Kingdom. The sanction was imposed despite the panel’s express acknowledgements of her long career, her positive clinical references, positive testimonials from her workplace and an absence of concerns about her current clinical competence.

The panel’s conclusion that her acceptance of personal responsibility and her remediation were insufficient to address the risk of repetition proved decisive, as did its findings of limited insight, prolonged dishonesty, and personal and financial gain from the joint dishonest misconduct. The erasure also followed a failed defence at the earlier stage of the case, which had produced a no-impairment outcome before the High Court set it aside on the Professional Standards Authority’s appeal.

Sources

• MedicWatch, “NMC orders Beebee Rehanah Roopun struck off after safeguarding disclosure case,” 4 September 2026.source