Administrative / Public Law · Care Standards
Social Care Wales v Michelle Marie Drane
Checked against the judgment on 12 August 2026 · how we verify
Facts
The respondent, Michelle Marie Drane, registered with Social Care Wales on 1 March 2021 and was subsequently registered as a Domiciliary Care Worker on 20 April 2021. On 20 January 2023 she was arrested for fraud by false representation, on an allegation that she had financially abused a service user by using their bank card for personal use during her time working at IOS Health and Social Care. She was bailed on conditions not to contact witnesses directly or indirectly and not to attend any IOS Health and Social Care homes. An Interim Orders Panel of Social Care Wales made an interim suspension order on 28 February 2023 for 18 months, on the grounds that it was necessary for the protection of the public and otherwise in the public interest. The order was reviewed and reconfirmed by Interim Orders Panels on 28 February 2023, 21 August 2023 and 19 February 2024, and the First-tier Tribunal extended it to 27 August 2025 on 30 July 2024; further Interim Orders Panels confirmed it on 21 October 2024 and 17 April 2025. On 7 July 2025 South Wales Police confirmed the respondent had been charged with three offences of fraud by abuse of position, and on 12 August 2025 the Tribunal extended the suspension to 27 August 2026. Social Care Wales applied for a further extension.
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