Paul Bryan Vogler

Introduction

Paul Bryan Vogler is a former registered nurse who worked in the healthcare departments of three English prisons, HMP Huntercombe, HMP Pentonville and HMP Wormwood Scrubs, until his suspension and 2020 resignation from prison nursing. On 14 October 2025, AOL, reporting PA material, carried news that the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) had struck Vogler off the nursing register after a panel found he had made sexually inappropriate and racist remarks to colleagues and acted inappropriately towards patients while working in the prisons. The panel’s conclusions were civil-standard regulatory findings, not criminal convictions, and no criminal charge against Vogler appears in the report.

Background Information

Vogler was a registered nurse working in the prison healthcare system. He was employed at HMP Huntercombe, HMP Pentonville and HMP Wormwood Scrubs, and remained on the nursing register until his suspension in 2020, which followed several disciplinary investigations; he resigned in 2020. The NMC panel heard that he made far-right political comments to colleagues and had asked patients about their crimes. The concerns brought before the regulator spanned 2018 to 2020 and covered his conduct towards both patients and colleagues, including black staff members.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. The NMC panel’s findings against Paul Bryan Vogler — sexually inappropriate comments about two colleagues, showing videos of far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulous, inappropriate jokes during an appointment with a patient who had self-harmed, aggressive and derisive treatment of black colleagues, and far-right remarks including describing Islam as a “death cult” — were civil-standard regulatory findings recorded by the regulator, not criminal convictions. No criminal charge against Vogler appears in the report, and the report does not record him admitting the findings.

The panel heard that while working at HMP Huntercombe in 2018, Vogler challenged Patient A about his offending, then used Google to search him and show him written articles on his computer screen. While working at HMP Pentonville in 2019, he made sexually inappropriate comments about two colleagues, showed videos of far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulous and made inappropriate jokes during an appointment with a patient who had self-harmed. During his employment, the committee also heard, Vogler was “aggressive” towards black staff members and had made “derisive” comments about them, including questioning their medical practice and commenting on their food choices. He also referred to Islam as a “death cult” and referred to his colleagues as “f****** left wing c****”.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The NMC panel concluded that Vogler should be struck off the nursing register, and imposed an interim suspension order for 18 months to cover any appeal period “for the protection of the public”. In its written judgement, the panel said: “In the panel’s view Mr Vogler’s misconduct revealed deep-seated attitudinal problems including racial and sexual discrimination.” It determined that, given the seriousness of the concerns, the deep-seated attitudinal problems and Mr Vogler’s lack of insight, there were no appropriate, proportionate and workable conditions that could be formulated. The report was published with a PA Archive photograph. The report records no comment from Vogler, the prisons, or the Ministry of Justice.

Current Status

Vogler has been struck off the NMC register, the most severe sanction available to the regulator, and cannot work as a registered nurse in the United Kingdom while the order stands. The striking-off was reported on 14 October 2025, with the 18-month interim suspension order in place to cover any appeal period. The panel found there were “no concerns” regarding his clinical competence, but said his racist and sexist attitudes were “fundamentally incompatible” with remaining on the register.

Impact on Their Career/Life

Striking off removed Vogler from the register of nurses entitled to practise in the United Kingdom, ending his prison nursing career at HMP Huntercombe, HMP Pentonville and HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The panel’s finding that his misconduct revealed “deep-seated attitudinal problems including racial and sexual discrimination”, and its judgement that his attitudes were “fundamentally incompatible” with remaining registered despite its finding of “no concerns” regarding his clinical competence, framed the case as one in which his conduct, not his clinical skill, ended his career. “Mr Vogler has breached the fundamental tenets of the nursing profession of prioritising people, practising safely, and promoting professionalism and trust in the nursing profession,” the panel said.