Ayrshire care homes has been handed an interim suspension for 18 months – after using an empty resident’s room to ‘lie down and rest’ and 'failing to administer' medication to 10 patients.
Robyn Connelly rested for an hour-and-a-half in a room, during two occasions, telling colleagues she had ‘management permission to do so.’But her actions were deemed ‘dishonest’ and she placed patients at ‘unwarranted risk of harm.’A five-day hearing into Connelly’s behaviour was conducted by a Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NWC) fitness to practise committee following a 15-month delay due to the Covid pandemic.Connelly, who is not currently working as a registered nurse, did not attend the hearing but denied being “dishonest”.She claimed she entered.
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