Nurse Struck Off For A Catalogue Of Serious Misconduct, UK

August 11, 2007 – 9:05 pm | posted in Medical Malpractice, Nursing

Hull nurse, Linda Slingsby has been struck off after three different charges of misconduct were proven at a hearing of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

A Panel of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Conduct and Competence Committee, found that Ms Slingsby, 41, a nurse at Rossmore Nursing Home in Hull had:

– regularly slept on duty when she was the only qualified nurse at the home during the night
– failed to restart a feeding tube system which had broken down, leaving a vulnerable patient without nutrition
– gave the keys to the drugs cabinet at the home to an unqualified member of staff

The NMC’s requires all nurses to abide by the Code of Professional Conduct. The Panel found that Ms Slingsby had broken this code in a number of ways, and by doing so, undermined the reputation of the nursing profession and compromised patient safety.

Commenting on the panel’s decision, Craig Turton, spokesman for the NMC said:

“It is important that the public trust in the nursing profession is maintained. Ms Slingsby’s actions were clearly a serious breach of the NMC’s Code of Professional Conduct and put patients at serious risk. It is essential that Ms Slingsby is struck off so that the public can continue to have trust and confidence in the nursing profession.”

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the UK regulator for two professions, nursing and midwifery. The primary purpose of the NMC is protection of the public. It does this through maintaining a register of all nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses eligible to practise within the UK and by setting standards for their education, training and conduct. Currently the number of registrants exceeds 686,000. The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (The Order), sets out the NMC’s role and responsibilities.

http://www.nmc-uk.org

Popularity: 2% [?]