Jane Maureen Annabel Barker
Introduction
Jane Maureen Annabel Barker is a registered adult nurse formerly on the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), PIN 10F0505E, who was employed as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy. On 11 February 2026 an NMC Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order on her after finding all charges proved — that she attended work whilst unfit for duty, misappropriated controlled drugs, and had been convicted of theft and of possessing a Class A drug . The criminal conviction at the centre of the case dates to 23 September 2023, when she was convicted at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court of theft by employee (fentanyl) and possession of a Class A controlled drug (fentanyl) .
Background Information
Barker was registered with the NMC as a nurse under PIN 10F0505E, and the determination records her role as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy at the time of the events . Her MedicWatch practitioner profile carries the outcome “erased from the register at last register check”, records the 11 February 2026 erasure decision as her most recent, and notes that the entry was last verified against the official NMC register on 2 August 2026 . Beyond the role and PIN, neither the determination summary nor the profile publishes biographical detail such as her employer’s name, age or nationality; the published record confines itself to the regulatory findings .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated vs. alleged. The findings in this section come from a Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness-to-practise panel determination and a magistrates’ court conviction recorded in it. The charges were found proved on the balance of probabilities by the panel, and the theft and drug-possession convictions are criminal convictions recorded by a court. Panels do not sentence; the conviction already carried its criminal disposal before the NMC hearing, and this page records the regulatory outcome, not a new criminal one.
The charges concerned her conduct as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy between August and September 2023. The panel found proved that Barker attended work whilst unfit for duty during that period, and that she drew a controlled drug into a syringe without signing for it, without a witness and without a second signature, then left it unattended . A further proved charge was that on or about 21 September 2023 she removed cyclizine and needles belonging to her employer dishonestly .
The criminal matters ran in parallel. On 23 September 2023 she was convicted at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court of theft by employee — the drug being fentanyl — and of possession of a Class A controlled drug, also fentanyl . At the NMC hearing the panel found all misconduct and conviction charges proved, and found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of both misconduct and conviction .
The panel’s sanction reasoning weighed the dishonesty heavily. It found that the dishonesty involved repeated acts over a period of two months and was committed for personal gain, and that there was no evidence of insight, remorse or remediation . Aggravating factors it listed included abuse of a position of trust, a pattern of misconduct over a period of time, attending whilst unfit, conduct which put patients at risk of suffering harm, and repeated dishonest actions over two months . Mitigating factors were limited: admissions at a local level, a guilty plea at the first opportunity, and personal circumstances at the time .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The consequence recorded is regulatory and criminal rather than reputational in the press: the determination page and practitioner profile record no press coverage, public statements or online campaigns connected with the case . The concrete consequence is erasure. On 11 February 2026 the panel imposed a striking-off order, removing her from the register on which her nursing career depended . Barker did not attend the meeting at which the outcome was decided . The case now sits in MedicWatch’s browsable record of nurse erasures, added to the service on 4 May 2026 .
Current Status
Barker is struck off the NMC register. Her practitioner profile records the outcome “erased from the register at last register check”, with the striking-off decision dated 11 February 2026 and the record last verified against the official NMC register on 2 August 2026 . The determination page notes that the regulator directed removal from the register, that the decision explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions, and that readers should check the official NMC register for her current registration status . No later regulatory decision, appeal or restoration application appears in the published record .
Impact on Their Career/Life
The striking-off order ends Barker’s ability to work as a registered nurse in the United Kingdom: erasure removes the registration that Clinical Lead for Endoscopy roles require, and the criminal convictions recorded by the court are an independent bar to future registration . The panel’s reasoning — repeated dishonesty for personal gain over two months, abuse of a position of trust, and no evidence of insight, remorse or remediation — is the kind of finding that makes restoration difficult under the NMC’s rules, since restoration panels must be satisfied that the deficiencies that led to erasure have been remedied . The published record gives no information about her circumstances after the order, and her profile records no later decisions .