Mariya Holyanova
Introduction
Mariya Holyanova is a UK nurse who was suspended from the nursing register for six months on 21 May 2026, after a Nursing and Midwifery Council Fitness to Practise Committee found she gave more oxygen than a ventilated child’s care plan allowed, failed to call an ambulance when his condition deteriorated, failed to supervise him on the journey to hospital, and then dishonestly amended care records and an incident form to conceal what had happened .
Background Information
Holyanova worked as a one-to-one home carer for Child A, a vulnerable child with complex needs who was ventilated at home via a tracheostomy in Kent. Between 22 and 23 January 2024 the panel found she failed to administer the correct amount of oxygen, failed to respond appropriately when the child’s condition deteriorated — no ambulance was called — and failed to maintain clinical supervision during his journey to hospital. In the weeks that followed she amended the child’s daily log notes and submitted an inaccurate incident form .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated (regulatory). The findings are the NMC panel’s conclusions on the civil standard; dishonesty was assessed under the test in Ivey v Genting.
Every charge was found proved — the clinical charges by admission, the three dishonesty charges after hearing evidence. The dishonesty had a precise shape: on or after 25 January 2024 she amended the daily log notes; on 28 January 2024 she submitted an inaccurate incident form; and on 12 February 2024 she told local investigators she had amended the notes at 5am on 23 January when she had not. The panel found she had amended accurate records of the oxygen she had actually administered, in order to conceal a clinical mistake — a cover story told three ways, to the record, to the incident form, and to the investigators .
The panel found the conduct breached the duty of candour and amounted to misconduct, with impairment on both public-protection and public-interest grounds. Aggravating factors it cited: the misconduct placed a vulnerable child with complex needs at unwarranted risk of harm; three acts of dishonesty arose from the single incident; insight into the dishonesty was insufficient; and acceptance of the dishonest conduct came late. The NMC asked for a striking-off order. The panel declined — concluding the dishonesty flowed from one clinical incident and was not at the most serious end of the spectrum — and imposed a six-month suspension with a review, plus an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period .
Mitigation the panel credited included early admissions on the clinical charges, genuine remorse, two years of senior practice since the incident without further concerns, remediation training and positive testimonials .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The consequence is the six-month suspension and a register record pairing her name with a falsification finding involving a ventilated child. The case is recorded in MedicWatch’s listing of nurses suspended in 2026 .
No employer statement or public comment from Holyanova appears in the fetched record beyond the determination .
Current Status
Holyanova is a suspended nurse under a six-month order imposed on 21 May 2026, with a review before it expires and an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal window. The dishonesty findings are permanent: the panel found as fact that she rewrote accurate records to hide an error made while caring for a child who cannot describe his own care .
The review will test whether the insight the panel found missing — specifically into the dishonesty and its impact on others — has since developed .
Impact on Their Career/Life
Home care for a ventilated child is nursing at its most exposed: one nurse, one patient, no colleagues watching. The panel’s findings describe the failure modes that matter most in that setting — a clinical error in oxygen administration, a deterioration handled without an ambulance, and then the choice to falsify the record rather than surface the mistake. The regulator’s case for erasure and the panel’s decision to stop at six months mark the argument the review will inherit: the dishonesty was bounded, single-incident and followed by two clean years, but the duty of candour exists precisely because parents of ventilated children cannot audit their nurses. Six months suspended, with the falsification findings permanent on the register, is the price the record sets .