Mother fights to reopen case of brain-damaged baby – The Guardian

“NHS blunders left her newborn baby seriously brain damaged, and two and a half years later Andrea Duggan is still angry that no member of staff has been brought to book.”

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The Guardian, 6th March 2013

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Perry v Nursing and Midwifery Council – WLR Daily

Posted March 4th, 2013 in appeals, employment tribunals, evidence, human rights, law reports, nurses by sally

Perry v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2013] EWCA Civ 145; [2013] WLR (D) 88

“Fairness did not require that a respondent to an allegation of unfitness to practise his profession had to be given an opportunity to give evidence as to the substance of that allegation before a tribunal considering whether to make an interim suspension order or other interim order under a legislative scheme, such as that contained in the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, since that was not what the statutory scheme envisaged or what fairness required at the interim stage. Guidance was given as to the procedure to be followed by a committee, considering whether to make an interim order pending the substantive hearing of a complaint against a member of the profession, in order to satisfy the fairness requirement.”

WLR Daily, 28th February 2013

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Nurse spared jail for killing baby in botched circumcision – BBC News

“A nurse who caused the death of a baby in a botched home circumcision has been spared jail.”

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BBC News, 8th February 2013

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‘Nazi salute’ nurse Stephen Johnson struck off – BBC News

Posted December 20th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, news, nurses, professional conduct by sally

“A senior mental health nurse who performed Nazi salutes in front of patients has been struck off.”

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BBC News, 19th December 2012

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Family sues out-of-hours GP provider and nurse over death liability – The Guardian

Posted December 18th, 2012 in compensation, duty of care, health, insurance, negligence, news, nurses by sally

“The family of a young woman is suing the country’s biggest out-of-hours GP provider and one of its nurses, whose failures meant her fatal condition was not diagnosed, because neither will accept liability in a test case over legal responsibility in a privatised NHS.”

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The Guardian, 17th December 2012

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Nurse guilty of manslaughter of baby who bled to death after botched home circumcision – Daily Telegraph

“A nurse has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a four-week-old baby who bled to death after a botched home circumcision.”

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The Independent, 14th December 2012

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Working with the elderly and infirm: a delicate balance of rights – UK Human Rights Blog

“Close on the heels of last week’s decision regarding disclosure of information from the Child Sex Offenders Register comes this ruling on the police decision to disclose certain information from a nurse’s enhanced criminal records certificates without affording her an opportunity to make representations before the information was released.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 30th October 2012

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NHS nurse jailed for falsifying qualifications – The Guardian

Posted September 27th, 2012 in fraud, news, nurses, sentencing by sally

“A health worker who invented a glittering but bogus medical career to secure work as a nurse in the NHS has been jailed for 15 months.”

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The Guardian, 26th September 2012

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Botox prescriptions over phone or internet to be banned – BBC News

Posted July 10th, 2012 in cosmetic surgery, doctors, medical treatment, medicines, news, nurses by sally

“Doctors will be banned from prescribing anti-ageing drugs like Botox on the phone or internet if they have not seen their patients face to face, the BBC has learned.”

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BBC News, 9th July 2012

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Nursing and midwives’ regulator ‘failing’ patients – BBC News

Posted July 3rd, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, midwives, news, nurses, professional conduct by sally

“Failings ‘at every level’ of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) mean it is letting down patients in its prime duty to protect them, says a report.”

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BBC News, 3rd July 2012

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Nursing regulator ‘poorly organised and weak’ – BBC News

Posted April 11th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, midwives, news, nurses, reports by sally

“The body that regulates nurses and midwives in the UK is failing to carry out its duties due to institutional weakness, an interim review says.”

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BBC News, 10th April 2012

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Violeta Aylward struck off for switching off ventilator – BBC News

Posted March 16th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, news, nurses, professional conduct by sally

“A nurse who was filmed accidentally switching off the ventilator of a paralysed man has been struck off.”

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BBC News, 15th March 2012

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Psychiatric nurse struck off after forcing himself on pregnant patient – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 27th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, mental health, news, nurses, professional conduct by sally

“Jonathan Henk, a psychiatric nurse who forced himself on a patient he was secretly dating after discovering she was pregnant by another man, has been struck off.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2012

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Whistleblowers not protected from bullying, court rules – The Independent

Posted October 31st, 2011 in bullying, news, nurses, victimisation, whistleblowers by sally

“The law protecting whistleblowers and public safety in hospitals is failing staff and patients, the Court of Appeal has found in a landmark case brought by three nurses against an NHS trust in Manchester.”

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The Independent, 31st October 2011

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Northampton nurse David Ajayi struck off over groping – BBC News

Posted October 28th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, nurses by sally

“A ‘predatory and controlling’ nurse found to have groped patients and a carer has been ordered to be struck off by a disciplinary panel.”

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BBC News, 28th October 2011

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‘Angel of Death’ Colin Norris could be cleared of insulin murders – The Guardian

Posted October 5th, 2011 in evidence, miscarriage of justice, murder, news, nurses by sally

“Fresh medical evidence in the case of the nurse called the ‘Angel of Death’ and jailed for life for the murders of four patients in a Leeds hospital eight years ago is to be passed to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The case has similarities to that of Rebecca Leighton, the nurse arrested on suspicion of murdering patients in a Stockport hospital and released without charge last month.”

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The Guardian, 4th October 2011

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Nurse held over hospital deaths is cleared to work despite drug theft – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 15th, 2011 in criminal damage, disciplinary procedures, medicines, news, nurses, theft by sally

“A nurse who was accused of tampering with saline at a hospital can return to work despite admitting stealing opiate-based drugs, a regulatory body ruled yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2011

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Police face damages over arrest of nurse accused of poisoning patients – Daily Telegraph

“A hospital poisoner who attacked patients may have had more than 40 victims, police fear.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2011

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Catholic nurses use Equality Act to protect their pro-life beliefs – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 15th, 2011 in abortion, news, nurses, religious discrimination by sally

“Two Roman Catholic nurses have won the right not to work in an abortion clinic after they accused the NHS of breaching equality laws.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th August 2011

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Gwynedd nurse Alan Roberts cleared of assault on appeal – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2011 in assault, elderly, news, nurses by sally

“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”

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BBC News, 30th June 2011

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