“A ‘predatory and controlling’ nurse found to have groped patients and a carer has been ordered to be struck off by a disciplinary panel.”
BBC News, 28th October 2011
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“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.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2011
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“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2011
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“A hospital poisoner who attacked patients may have had more than 40 victims, police fear.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2011
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“Two Roman Catholic nurses have won the right not to work in an abortion clinic after they accused the NHS of breaching equality laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th August 2011
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“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”
BBC News, 30th June 2011
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“Nurses who were banned from working under a controversial vetting scheme are to launch a major test case against the Government in the European Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2011
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“A nurse found guilty of using ‘extreme violence’ to murder her elderly parents was jailed for life today with a minimum term of 18 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2010
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“A systemic failure to provide adequate nursing facilities and staffing contributed to the death of a diabetic, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 7th September 2010
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“Nursing leaders are taking legal action against the Government’s controversial anti-paedophile database in another blow to the troubled scheme.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010
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“A sex attacker who was struck off the nursing register 14 years ago was today found guilty of rape and sexual assaults on patients in London.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
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“A nurse jailed for 30 years for murdering two patients and seriously harming 15 others was convicted of crimes that never took place, new evidence suggests. Benjamin Geen, 29, was found guilty in 2006 of injecting patients with drugs that stopped their breathing in order to satisfy a ‘lust for excitement’ when reviving them. Two men, David Onley, 75, and Anthony Bateman, 66, died.”
The Independent, 28th February 2010
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“A nursing boss who was told in an NHS appraisal she was the ‘wrong colour and wrong culture’ for Cumbria has been awarded £115,000 compensation.”
BBC news, 19th January 2010
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“A hospital nurse who was found guilty of murdering two of his patients by injecting them with drugs has lost a bid to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 5th November 2009
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“A nurse who was struck off the register for blowing the whistle on unacceptably low standards of care for elderly patients has won her fight for re-instatement.”
The Independent, 13th October 2009
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“A nurse who bragged about filming himself sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in her hospital bed was jailed today for two years.”
The Independent, 5th June 2009
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“A nurse who was struck off for misconduct after secretly filming patients being neglected is considering appealing against the decision.”
BBC News, 17th April 2009
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“An independent inquiry into the treatment of a man with paranoid schizophrenia who randomly stabbed six people, killing one, has condemned the care he had before the attacks and found that a nurse had altered notes relating to his case.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2009
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“A 61-year-old woman from Kent who admitted killing her estranged husband with an axe is fighting a decision to strike her off the nurses’ register.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
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“A hospital nurse who was found guilty of murdering two of his patients is to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
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