Mohammed Islam Ahmad Khan v The Nursing and Midwifery Council

Facts

The appellant, Mohammed Islam Ahmad Khan, qualified as a nurse in Pakistan in 2001 and came to work in the UK in 2004, becoming a Band 7 charge nurse at the Whittington Health Trust; he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis around 2016-2017. In 2019 he began a part-time Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner MSc at the University of Southampton. During a pharmacology examination on 15 April 2021 an invigilator found a model answer among his permitted materials; he was awarded zero marks, allowed to re-sit and failed. At a final re-sit on 9 December 2021 he was found to have swapped his clean British National Formulary for a copy with model answers glued onto the pages. He initially gave innocent explanations at academic integrity meetings, blaming his 10-year-old daughter for the second incident, but now admits the conduct and that it was dishonest. The University referred him to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The Fitness to Practise Committee, having on 8 May 2025 refused his application to postpone and decided to proceed in his absence, found all charges proved, found misconduct and impairment, and on 13 May 2025 imposed a striking-off order. He appealed to the Administrative Court under article 38 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, seeking also to adduce fresh evidence.