Mark Frances Madriaga
Introduction
Mark Frances Madriaga is a nurse who was registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) under number 19E0384O. On 10 September 2026, at the conclusion of a substantive hearing that ran from 9 to 10 September 2026, the NMC’s Fitness to Practise Committee ordered that he be struck off the register — the sanction known as erasure — following convictions in 2025 for sexual offences involving children. The panel found his fitness to practise impaired on both public protection and public interest grounds, and concluded that lesser sanctions would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence in the nursing profession. The determination is recorded by MedicWatch, an independent record of UK healthcare regulator decisions.
Background Information
Adjudicated vs. alleged. Mark Madriaga’s convictions in March and June 2025 for offences involving indecent images of children, sexual communication with a child and other sexual offences involving a child are matters of court record, and he admitted them before the NMC panel, which proved all charges on the certified convictions. This page records no unproven allegations against him.
The professional record at the centre of this page is narrow: Madriaga was a nurse on the NMC register, and the case against him was brought by his regulator rather than by an employer. The determination records that the case concerned convictions in March and June 2025 for offences involving indecent images of children, sexual communication with a child and other sexual offences involving a child. The criminal courts imposed a 20-month prison sentence suspended for two years, together with 200 hours of unpaid work and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Beyond the register entry and the dates above, the published determination records little of his personal or professional history, and notes that private personal matters remain undisclosed.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated vs. alleged. Mark Madriaga’s convictions in March and June 2025 for offences involving indecent images of children, sexual communication with a child and other sexual offences involving a child are matters of court record, and he admitted them before the NMC panel, which proved all charges on the certified convictions. This page records no unproven allegations against him.
Before the Fitness to Practise Committee, the question was not whether the offences had occurred. The panel found all charges proved on certified convictions, which Mr Madriaga had admitted. The NMC considers the charges to be a specified offence as set out in its Guidance FTP-2c-1, and the nature of the conduct behind the convictions counted among the aggravating factors, alongside patterns of behaviour over a prolonged period of time.
The panel found Madriaga’s fitness to practise impaired on public protection and public interest grounds. It acknowledged developing insight, extensive reflection and previous efforts to seek support, and listed the evidence of developing insight and reflection among the mitigating factors. It found, however, insufficient evidence of continuing work addressing the underlying concerns, and identified a risk of repetition. That combination — admitted convictions of this kind, remediation the panel judged incomplete and a live risk of repetition — led it to impose a striking-off order, and the outcome was a disciplinary striking off rather than an agreed removal from the register.
Public Reaction and Consequences
Adjudicated vs. alleged. Mark Madriaga’s convictions in March and June 2025 for offences involving indecent images of children, sexual communication with a child and other sexual offences involving a child are matters of court record, and he admitted them before the NMC panel, which proved all charges on the certified convictions. This page records no unproven allegations against him.
The record of this case is the courts’ and the regulator’s rather than social media’s: the determination documents the panel’s reasoning and the sentences imposed, and no public commentary by Madriaga is recorded in it. The consequences were substantial. The criminal court’s orders — the suspended custodial sentence, the unpaid work and the 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order — remain part of his circumstances, and the panel listed the fact that he is currently subject to a suspended custodial sentence and a sexual harm protection order among the aggravating factors. The NMC’s sanction followed in September 2026: a striking-off order, with an 18-month interim suspension covering the appeal period, the panel having been explicit that lesser sanctions would not adequately protect the public or maintain confidence in nursing. Independent record services such as MedicWatch now document the outcome against his name and registration number.
Current Status
As of the decision date of 10 September 2026, Madriaga stands struck off the NMC register, the outcome recorded as an erasure. Being struck off removes a practitioner from the register entirely, so he is no longer permitted to practise as a nurse in the UK. An 18-month interim suspension order is in force during the 28-day appeal period; if no appeal is made, the final striking-off order replaces the interim order 28 days after written notification. The MedicWatch record was updated on 22 September 2026 and directs readers to check the official NMC register for the practitioner’s current registration status.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The striking-off order ends Madriaga’s ability to practise nursing in the UK, and the circumstances make the professional damage durable: the determination, the convictions and the panel’s findings now travel with his name in the public record of the profession, and anyone checking registration number 19E0384O encounters the erasure. The panel’s acknowledgement of developing insight and reflection marks the one point in his favour, but its conclusion — insufficient evidence of continuing work addressing the underlying concerns, and a risk of repetition — is what closed the door to a lesser sanction. Alongside the professional outcome sit the criminal court’s orders: the suspended sentence, the 200 hours of unpaid work and the 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. The determination notes that private personal matters remain undisclosed.
Sources
- MedicWatch, “NMC orders Mark Frances Madriaga struck off following sexual offence convictions,” September 10, 2026 — source