Olanike Toye was caught inhaling Entonox – the gas-and-oxygen mix used for childbirth pain relief...
Published: 4:08 pm February 6, 2026
Updated: 11:45 am March 7, 2026

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Olanike Toye was caught inhaling Entonox – the gas-and-oxygen mix used for childbirth pain relief – not once, but twice at Lewisham Hospital in September 2022.

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Then, just months later, in February 2023, she was caught red-handed doing the same thing twice more at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital while on duty.

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Misconduct Panel Boots Midwife Off Medical Register

Last Wednesday (January 28), a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel ruled Toye’s actions amounted to serious misconduct and erased her from the medical register. She denies ever misusing Entonox.

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The panel heard how on September 15, 2022, a colleague found Toye alone on the labour ward, inhaling Entonox through a mouthpiece. She looked startled and dropped the tube when caught.

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