An influencer nurse who was caught smuggling cannabis worth about £160,000 into the UK with a friend has been allowed to retain her nursing registration. The case matters because it raises questions about how professional regulators balance criminal conduct, rehabilitation and public confidence in healthcare professions.

The report says the drugs were brought into the country with the nurse’s “glam” friend, and values the cannabis at £160,000. Despite the offence, the nursing regulator decided she could keep her licence, meaning she remains eligible to practise subject to any conditions imposed.