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| Stafford Hospital nurses guilty of misconduct over diabetes death | Stafford Hospital nurses guilty of misconduct over diabetes death |
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| Two nurses who failed to spot a patient who died at Stafford Hospital was diabetic have been found guilty of misconduct. | Two nurses who failed to spot a patient who died at Stafford Hospital was diabetic have been found guilty of misconduct. |
| On Monday the Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found Ann King and Jeannette Coulson had failed to look at or update Gillian Astbury's records. | On Monday the Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found Ann King and Jeannette Coulson had failed to look at or update Gillian Astbury's records. |
| They also failed to carry out blood tests. | They also failed to carry out blood tests. |
| Ms Astbury, 66, died in April 2007 at the hospital after she was not given insulin. | |
| The panel is now deciding what sanctions to take against the two nurses, who have both since retired from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. | The panel is now deciding what sanctions to take against the two nurses, who have both since retired from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. |
| King was also found to have lied about having changing patients' dressings and giving them medication, while Coulson admitted swearing at staff. | King was also found to have lied about having changing patients' dressings and giving them medication, while Coulson admitted swearing at staff. |
| Both have expressed regret for their actions and said they had learnt lessons. | Both have expressed regret for their actions and said they had learnt lessons. |
| However, the panel said the nurses' ability to practise had been impaired. | However, the panel said the nurses' ability to practise had been impaired. |
| Sanctions that can be imposed against the nurses include striking them off the medical register. | Sanctions that can be imposed against the nurses include striking them off the medical register. |