Full list of Victorian nurses banned in past year

A dozen nurses – from those who abused patients to others who stole painkillers – have been banned from their jobs in the past year. See the full list of nurses and their workplaces.

A dozen nurses have been banned in the past year.

A nurse who left patients in pain after stealing their drugs and an aged care worker who knowingly turned up for shifts with Covid are among the dozen nurses banned by VCAT in the past year.

Nine of the 12 nurses were found to have committed conduct so serious, their registration was cancelled by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal – as opposed to temporarily suspended – in 2023.

This means they will have to reapply for their registration once their disqualification period ends — and run the risk of never treating patients again if they can’t prove to the regulator they are now suitable to practice.

The longest ban was given to an aged care nurse, Francis Logan, who was disqualified for five years after he forcefully dragged a distressed, female dementia patient into a shower and undressed her against her will despite other staff telling him to stop.

See the full list below of the nurses who have been sanctioned by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in 2023.

The list – based on records from the tribunal and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency – represents nurses and midwives hit with sanctions after a tribunal found allegations of concerning conduct against them had been proven.

It does not include nurses banned by the regulator while under investigation as these bans – a temporary measure known as an immediate action order – can be issued by the watchdog without going through a tribunal, and the investigation is ongoing.