Tom Bell
Introduction
Tom Bell is a registered nurse formerly on the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), PIN 21H0055W. On 26 February 2026 an NMC Fitness to Practise Committee imposed a striking-off order after finding proved charges from his time at Foxhunters Care Home between June and August 2023: intimidating behaviour toward colleagues during handovers, lifting a resident from the floor after a fall without a hoist or observations, and leaving failings undocumented . The hearing had run in stages since 15 July 2025 before concluding with the striking-off decision .
Background Information
Bell was registered with the NMC as a nurse under PIN 21H0055W . His practitioner profile records the outcome “erased from the register at last register check”, lists the 26 February 2026 erasure as his most recent decision, and notes the entry was last verified against the official NMC register on 24 July 2026 . The determination names his workplace in the charges — Foxhunters Care Home, referred to in the charge as “the Home” — and places the conduct between 1 June 2023 and 8 August 2023; no employer beyond that and no biographical detail is published .
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, which decided the charges on the balance of probabilities. Charges found proved are regulatory findings, not criminal convictions; nothing here is a criminal record unless the determination itself states one, and this determination states none. The cover page records proved charges 1(i), 1(v), 1(vi), 1(vii), 3(i) to 3(iv), 6a, 6b and 7(i), and impairment was not found in relation to charges 6b and 7(i).
The intimidation charges the panel found proved arise from charge 1, covering occasions between 1 June 2023 and 8 August 2023 on which Bell displayed aggressive and/or intimidating behaviour at the Home, contravened its rules or disregarded residents’ health, safety and well-being. The proved particulars include vaping when Colleague C tried to complete a handover with him, walking out of handovers in an aggressive manner, speaking to others but not to Colleague D while she was handing over to him, and looking at his phone or watch while Colleague D communicated information to him during handover . Also proved within charge 1: that when carrying out handovers with Colleague D, he did not engage with her .
The resident-safety charges found proved concern falls. Following Resident A’s fall on an unknown date, the panel found proved that Bell lifted Resident A up using an inappropriate manual handling technique — hooking his arms under Resident A’s arms — did not use a hoist, made no clinical observations of Resident A before lifting her, and completed no physical observations such as blood pressure and pulse after she was off the floor . The determination’s charge text further records a series of fall-related omissions from spring 2023: after an unwitnessed night-time fall on 3 April 2023 he did not record the incident, did not call the out-of-hours doctor, and did not document that the resident’s hair had been cut back and a dressing put in place; and after an unwitnessed overnight fall on 13 May 2023 he did not escalate the incident — with the cover page recording proved only those particulars it lists, and recording that impairment was not found in relation to charge 6b and charge 7(i) .
The panel recorded fitness to practise as impaired by reason of the proved misconduct and imposed a striking-off order on 26 February 2026 .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The published record contains no press coverage, public statements or online campaigns connected with the case; the determination page and practitioner profile confine themselves to the regulator’s findings . The concrete consequence is the loss of registration. The striking-off order removes Bell from the register on which his nursing career depended . The case sits in MedicWatch’s browsable record of nurse erasures, added to the service on 5 May 2026 .
Current Status
Bell is struck off the NMC register. His practitioner profile records the outcome “erased from the register at last register check”, with the erasure decision dated 26 February 2026 and the record last verified against the official register on 24 July 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 points readers to the official NMC register for current registration status . No appeal, later decision or restoration application appears in the published record .
Impact on Their Career/Life
The striking-off order ends Bell’s ability to practise as a nurse in the United Kingdom. The proved findings combine conduct toward colleagues — intimidating behaviour that colleagues described across multiple handovers — with the kind of physical-handling failure that panels treat as a direct risk of harm: lifting a fallen resident without a hoist, before or after observations . A nurse erased on findings spanning workplace conduct and unsafe care would need to remedy both before any restoration application could succeed . The published record gives no information about his employment or personal circumstances after the order, and his profile records no later regulatory decisions .