Nurse Is Struck Off After Failing To Follow NMC Rules, UK

A registered nurse from a hospital in Poole has been struck off the register after failing to care for a patient properly. Anne Margaret Brown, 33, was found guilty of breaking the Nursing & Midwifery Council’s (NMC’s) Code of conduct at a Conduct and Competence Committee hearing in London on Friday 4th April. The independent panel heard that Brown failed to carry out regular blood checks on a patient in her care and also made inaccurate records of them.

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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on April 17th, 2008