A series of incidents were reported on 26 April 2022, including Puthanpurackal Thomas pushing tablets into a patient’s mouth and pouring water in.
She also drew up the incorrect dosage of insulin to be administered to a person under her care, according to the report, external.
The NMC said her blunders had caused “actual harm” to patients.
Her poor understanding of English “appeared to exacerbate underlying poor practice”, the panel found, deciding to strike her off the register.
NHS regulators were given powers to discipline or strike off public-facing healthcare staff who could not speak English to the necessary level in 2014.
Puthanpurackal Thomas did not engage with the misconduct proceedings and has not spoken to the NMS since March 2023.
In previous written evidence, she admitted struggling with the English accent.
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