Rebecca Chappelle
Introduction
Rebecca Chappelle, referred to in the proceedings as Miss Chappelle, was a registered adult nurse working at a care home when she came before the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). On 17 February 2026 a panel of an NMC Fitness to Practise Committee, sitting at a substantive hearing she did not attend, found fourteen charges against her proved, concluded that her fitness to practise was currently impaired by reason of misconduct, and imposed a striking-off order — removal from the register, commonly known as being struck off. The panel found that between December 2021 and March 2023 she had ignored and shouted at overseas colleagues, made racially discriminatory comments toward them, and subjected multiple colleagues to bullying and intimidation. She took no part in the process.
Background Information
The published record identifies Chappelle only in her professional capacity: a registered adult nurse employed at a care home. The determination contains no further biographical detail — no age, no account of her training and no employment history beyond that role — and the regulator’s decision is the only public record of the matter. MedicWatch, an independent service that republishes decisions of UK healthcare regulators, reported the case under the heading “Rebecca Chappelle — Struck off the register”, with a decision date of 17 February 2026. No criminal investigation or prosecution appears anywhere in the record; this was purely a regulatory case, handled through the NMC’s fitness-to-practise process.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Allegations. The claims in this section are findings of an NMC Fitness to Practise Committee panel, which reported substantiating them (14 charges proved) after proceedings she did not engage with. They were never admitted by Chappelle, never criminally charged, and never adjudicated in court. Chappelle denied nothing on the record because she took no part in the process.
The charges concerned her conduct toward colleagues from overseas between December 2021 and March 2023. As summarised by MedicWatch, the NMC alleged that Chappelle ignored and shouted at overseas colleagues, made racially discriminatory comments toward them, and subjected multiple colleagues to bullying and intimidation over an extended period. The charges further alleged that she created “a toxic working environment that inhibited colleagues from escalating patient safety concerns” at the care home where she worked.
The panel found charges 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6a and 6b proved — fourteen charges in all. It concluded that her fitness to practise was currently impaired by reason of misconduct, and characterised that misconduct as sustained, racially motivated and discriminatory, and as an abuse of her position of authority over junior and overseas colleagues. The panel judged the misconduct “fundamentally incompatible with continued registration.”
In aggravation, the panel cited conduct that was borderline deliberate or reckless, putting people receiving care at risk of suffering harm; a pattern of misconduct over an extended period of time towards multiple colleagues; a failure to attend hearings or to engage in the fitness-to-practise process without good reason; the vulnerability of the person receiving care; a failure to work collaboratively with colleagues; actual psychological and emotional harm; and discriminatory behaviour towards colleagues. It further recorded that Chappelle demonstrated no insight, remorse or remediation, having neither attended the hearing nor engaged with the process at any stage.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The proceedings concluded entirely in her absence: Chappelle did not attend the hearing and, on the panel’s finding, did not engage with the process. Because she took no part, the record contains no statement from her — no admission, no denial and no defence evidence — and no comment from her is published alongside the determination. The sanction was the most severe available to the panel: erasure from the NMC register by striking-off order, with the decision dated 17 February 2026.
Erasure means the regulator has directed removal from the register, which ends a nurse’s ability to practise in the United Kingdom as a registered nurse. Beyond the determination itself, as republished by MedicWatch, no wider public reaction — press coverage, statements from the care home or comment from colleagues — appears in the available record. The documentable consequences are those of the regulatory outcome: removal from the register and a permanent record of findings of sustained, racially motivated misconduct.
Current Status
The striking-off decision is dated 17 February 2026, as of which Chappelle stood removed from the NMC register. The published summary does not state whether any appeal was lodged or what her circumstances have been since, and MedicWatch directs readers to check the official NMC register for a practitioner’s current registration status. No subsequent public statement from Chappelle is recorded.
Impact on Their Career/Life
For a nurse, erasure is the terminal regulatory sanction: it removes the registration on which lawful practice as a registered nurse in the United Kingdom depends. The panel’s findings — sustained, racially motivated misconduct, fundamentally incompatible with continued registration, with no insight, remorse or remediation demonstrated — now form a permanent part of her professional record. The determination also records actual psychological and emotional harm to colleagues, and a risk of harm to people receiving care, as features of her conduct. Beyond the case, the public record contains nothing of her life before or after the proceedings: no criminal case ever accompanied the regulatory one, and the matter’s entire public footprint is the NMC determination and its republication.
Sources
- MedicWatch, “Rebecca Chappelle — Struck off the register”, 17 February 2026. source