Overview
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council removed Roberta Batchelor from the register, ruling that allowing her to practise would risk harm and undermine confidence in the profession.
- Panel documents say her August 2024 posts targeted immigrants and Muslims, including images depicting violence and a quoted passage warning that 'foreigners' would become 'your rulers'.
- University Hospitals Birmingham received a public complaint in August 2024, investigated, and identified the posts on her Facebook account; Batchelor admitted posting them and apologised.
- Investigators cited breaches of the professional code on respect, responsible communication and expressing personal beliefs, concluding the conduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration.
- Batchelor had a four-decade career at the trust and was previously featured in public-facing materials, while she later blamed political anger for her actions and asked to be removed from nursing.