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Two Stafford Hospital nurses who falsified A&E discharge times have been struck off the nursing register.Two Stafford Hospital nurses who falsified A&E discharge times have been struck off the nursing register.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found that Tracey-Ann White and Sharon Turner had brought their profession into serious disrepute. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel found that Tracey-Ann White and Sharon Turner had brought their profession into serious disrepute.
The inaccurate recording took place between 2000 and 2010. The false recording took place between 2000 and 2010 and was done to avoid breaches of four-hour waiting targets.
The panel also found the fitness to practise of Turner was "impaired" after she used abusive language about patients. Ms White is still employed by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. Ms Turner left in September 2009.
The trust chief executive Maggie Oldham, said: "[Tracey-Ann White] has been working as a clinical site manager.
"We will now take time to give careful consideration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council panel's decision."
'Suicide bombers'
Both nurses denied all allegations.
They faced a series of charges of misconduct for actions between December 2003 and October 2009 in Ms Turner's case and between July 2000 and July 2010 in Ms White's case.
The NMC panel found the fitness to practise of Mr Turner was "impaired" after she used abusive language about patients.
She also racially abused some junior doctors, referring to them as "the suicide bombers", the panel heard.
It ruled that Ms White refused to help a senior nurse undress an elderly patient.
Mid Staffordshire NHS trust was the subject of a public inquiry after it was found poor care could have led to the deaths of hundreds of patients as a result of maltreatment and neglect.