Georgie Main

Introduction

Georgie Main is a care worker from Elgin in Moray, Scotland, who was removed from the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) register after working a shift providing one-to-one care to residents while under the influence of ketamine. The incident took place on December 30, 2025, at Anderson’s Care Home, run by The General Anderson Trust, where Main was employed. She was dismissed by her employer following an investigation into allegations of gross misconduct, and the SSSC subsequently imposed a removal order striking her from the care register.

Background Information

Main was employed at Anderson’s Care Home in Elgin, a care home operated by The General Anderson Trust, a not-for-profit charitable trust. She had been registered with the SSSC for just eight months before the incident. On December 30, 2025, she was tasked with providing one-to-one care to several residents over a period of a few hours — an assignment that placed her alone with individual residents who each required dedicated support.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. The SSSC’s findings that Main worked a shift while under the influence of ketamine were made by the regulator following its probe into her conduct; her employer, following what it described as a full and fair disciplinary process, upheld the allegations and dismissed her. The descriptions below are regulatory and employer findings, not criminal convictions, and no criminal proceedings were reported.

Following the allegations, the SSSC launched a probe into Main’s conduct. It was discovered that she had shown up and carried out one-to-one support to residents while on drugs — specifically, that she was under the influence of illegal drugs, namely ketamine, while providing one-to-one care to several residents over a period of a few hours. The SSSC explained that she had carried out her duties solo, increasing the risk of harm to the individuals in her care.

The regulator’s report stated: “Being under the influence of an illegal substance impairs not only your judgement but also your ability to provide safe and adequate care.” It continued: “You worked while under the influence of an illegal substance, namely ketamine, for a period of a few hours. In doing so, you were not in a fit state to provide safe and effective care.” The report noted that many of the residents assigned to her that day were one-to-one allocations, meaning she provided care to those individuals on her own, and concluded: “Your actions on this occasion, therefore, increased the risk to those individuals.”

Public Reaction and Consequences

The SSSC did note that there was no evidence that her being under the influence of drugs brought harm to any residents — a mitigating finding the regulator recorded alongside the seriousness of the conduct. The SSSC said Main’s behaviour showed “serious and significant disregard” for the rules, but added that she showed some insight and regret for her actions and apologised to her employer.

The employment consequences ran parallel to the regulatory ones. Anderson’s Care Home confirmed that Main had been “dismissed following an investigation into allegations of gross misconduct”. A statement read: “The matter was investigated in accordance with the organisation’s established disciplinary procedures. Following a full and fair process, the allegations were upheld and the employee’s employment was terminated with immediate effect.”

The SSSC ultimately chose to hand down a removal order, scrubbing Main from the care register.

Current Status

Main is struck off the SSSC register and no longer employed by Anderson’s Care Home. The care home said it takes its responsibilities towards residents, families and staff extremely seriously, that the safety, dignity, welfare and well-being of residents remain its highest priorities, and that any concerns relating to conduct or professional standards are treated promptly and appropriately. It also said it has appropriate policies, procedures and safeguarding arrangements in place and will take action when necessary. No appeal against the SSSC removal order was reported.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The removal order ended Main’s registered care career in Scotland after only eight months on the register. Working while under the influence of an illegal substance during solo, one-to-one allocations is treated by the SSSC as a fundamental breach of the conditions that make registration safe, even in a case where the regulator explicitly found no evidence of actual harm to residents. The dual outcome — dismissal by the employer with immediate effect and removal by the regulator — means she is excluded both from that workplace and from any other role requiring SSSC registration.