Clara Osariemen Osazuwa

Introduction

Clara Osariemen Osazuwa is a UK-based Nigerian adult nurse who worked at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. She was removed from the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after a fitness-to-practise panel found serious professional and patient-safety failings, including an excessive Enoxaparin dose, failure to provide patient care, unauthorised absences and dishonesty. The striking-off order followed an NMC hearing on 1 July 2026.

The panel found multiple charges proved and concluded that her fitness to practise was impaired, saying her conduct represented a significant departure from the standards expected of a registered nurse and created a substantial risk of harm to patients. It also imposed an 18-month interim suspension order while the striking-off order was subject to the statutory appeal period.

Background Information

Osazuwa worked as an adult nurse at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The concerns examined by the NMC panel arose from her conduct on shift during 2023, spanning attendance, medication administration, mandatory training and supervised practice, documentation and patient call bells.

The episodes examined dated from 2023: a late arrival on 18 January, a medication error on 14 February investigated by the Trust through its incident reporting process, and failures in September 2023 involving mandatory training, a supervised medication round and a refusal to follow a senior nurse’s instructions.

The case was reported publicly by Fellow Nurses Africa on 19 August 2026.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. The findings against Clara Osariemen Osazuwa were matters of record before an NMC fitness-to-practise panel, which found multiple charges proved on the civil standard applicable to regulatory proceedings. They are regulatory findings, not criminal convictions, and no criminal charge is reported. The panel specifically did not find dishonesty in her attempt to dispose of the syringe after the medication error, and a separate allegation that she lacked candour when questioned about that incident was not proved.

Medication error. On 14 February 2023, Osazuwa administered 100 international units of Enoxaparin to a patient who had been prescribed 20 units, according to evidence considered by the panel. The panel found the charge proved and said the incorrect dose posed a significant risk of harm, although the determination records that no actual patient harm was established. It also found she attempted to dispose of the syringe afterwards, but did not find this dishonest, noting that disposing of a syringe after an injection would normally be standard practice. The candour allegation was not proved.

Refusals and disengagement. On 18 January 2023, after arriving roughly 30 minutes late, she told a colleague: “I am not doing any work today,” or words to that effect, the panel found. On 26 September 2023, she refused instructions from a senior Band 6 nurse and refused to undertake patient care, remaining in the staff room. The panel also found she failed to engage with mandatory training and a supervised medication round in September 2023: reports described her appearing asleep and not engaged during a medical devices training session, and the next day she failed to engage with a supervised medicines round, delaying time-critical medication.

Unauthorised absences and dishonesty. The panel found that Osazuwa took unauthorised absences on five occasions: 31 March 2023, 3 May 2023, 2 June 2023, 12 September 2023 and 26 September 2023. It also found that she falsely claimed that a colleague had told her to go home on one occasion, concluding that she knew the colleague had not authorised her to leave; the allegation of dishonesty was found proved. The panel further found that she failed to engage with her employer’s Supporting Attendance policy.

Patient notes and call bells. The panel found she failed to prepare patient notes on several specified dates despite being asked, with colleagues having to complete documentation she had not undertaken. It also found she failed to answer patient call bells on a number of occasions. The panel considered these failures significant because incomplete records can affect continuity of care, while failing to respond to call bells can expose patients to a risk of harm.

Public Reaction and Consequences

In determining whether Osazuwa remained fit to practise, the panel considered the cumulative nature of the concerns and found the issues were not limited to a single clinical mistake or isolated incident. The findings spanned medication administration, failure to follow instructions, patient care, training, attendance, documentation, call bells and dishonesty, and in the panel’s view reflected deep-seated attitudinal issues. She had not engaged with the NMC process and had provided no evidence of insight, remediation or strengthened practice; the panel concluded that the risk of repetition remained high.

The panel considered a range of sanctions before deciding that removal from the register was appropriate, rejecting no action, a caution order and conditions of practice, and concluding suspension would not protect patients or maintain public confidence in the profession. It said the misconduct was serious, wide-ranging and fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, and directed the Registrar to strike Osazuwa off the NMC register. The case drew public attention when Fellow Nurses Africa reported it on 19 August 2026.

Current Status

Osazuwa is subject to a striking-off order, the most serious regulatory sanction available to a nurse or midwife in the UK, meaning she is no longer able to practise as a registered nurse in the UK once it takes effect. Because the order is subject to a 28-day appeal period, the panel imposed an 18-month interim suspension order to protect the public during that period. The NMC determination states that, if no appeal is made, the interim suspension order will be replaced by the striking-off order 28 days after the written decision is served.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The striking-off order ends her ability to work as a registered nurse in the UK, removing her from the professional register on which her role at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust depended. The findings of deep-seated attitudinal issues, the conclusion that the risk of repetition remained high, and her non-engagement with the NMC process underpinned the choice of the most severe sanction available. As of the 19 August 2026 report, the striking-off order remained subject to the statutory appeal period, with the 18-month interim suspension order in force in the meantime.