Tag: nursing

NHS paid agency doctor £19K for week’s work

Health

Deadline News Journalist - July 2, 2015

NHS chiefs have been condemned for paying an agency doctor more than £19,000 for a week’s work - the equivalent of £1m a year. The...

Nurse altered patients’ records to prescribe herself drugs

In the Scottish Press

Deadline News Journalist - October 1, 2014

A NURSE used confidential patients’ medical records to prescribe herself powerful sedatives. Rebecca Preston sneaked into GPs’ consulting rooms and used their computers to create...

Nurse watched porn while treating vulnerable adults

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - September 16, 2014

A CARE home boss has been suspended after admitting watching porn at work - whilst caring for vulnerable adults. David Campbell, deputy manager of Ashlea...

Care home boss alleged to have verbally abused staff

Scottish News

Peter Laing - February 12, 2013

A CARE home manager faces being banned from nursing after allegedly branding colleagues "useless black bitches". At a nursing watchdog hearing yesterday, Charles Fraser, former...

Five ways the nursing shortage is affecting the elderly

Partner Posts

Deadline News Journalist - December 21, 2011

By Brooke Stafford IT IS no secret that there is a shortage of qualified medical personnel, and nurses are no exception. One segment of the population...

Nurse got dementia patient to write £2,500 cheque for sister’s op

Scottish News

Clare Carswell - February 24, 2011

A NURSE has been cautioned after she admitted persuading a dementia patient to loan her thousands of pounds for a relative’s operation. Dulcesima Tait told...

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