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Nurses' actions 'misconduct' after patients died from poor care | Nurses' actions 'misconduct' after patients died from poor care |
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Patients died as a direct result of their poor care at a home at the centre of the UK's biggest inquiry into alleged neglect, a panel has found. | Patients died as a direct result of their poor care at a home at the centre of the UK's biggest inquiry into alleged neglect, a panel has found. |
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel also said the actions of five nurses at Brithdir Care Home, near Bargoed, amounted to misconduct. | The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel also said the actions of five nurses at Brithdir Care Home, near Bargoed, amounted to misconduct. |
Cases were proven against Tembakazi Moyana, Rachel Tanta, Daphne Richards, Susan Greening and Beverley Mock. | Cases were proven against Tembakazi Moyana, Rachel Tanta, Daphne Richards, Susan Greening and Beverley Mock. |
The Brithdir failings, between 2004 and 2006, formed part of Operation Jasmine. | The Brithdir failings, between 2004 and 2006, formed part of Operation Jasmine. |
Misconduct charges were not proved against a sixth nurse, Rachel Pritchard. | |
The NMC hearing in Cardiff on Friday said the misconduct of the five nurses related to poor management of patients' pressure sores and record keeping at the home. | |
Highly vulnerable | |
In one instance, a resident was admitted to hospital with 16 pressure sores which one expert described as "astounding". | |
In many of these cases, the panel pointed to the fact patients were elderly and highly vulnerable. | |
In May, the panel found a total of 86 failings against the six nurses, who had been accused of more than 150 failings. | |
Any sanctions the five nurses face are expected to be fixed at a hearing on 17 August. | |
Serious concerns | |
Last year, an NMC panel found seven misconduct charges proved against Christine Hayes, the director of nursing at the Caerphilly Local Health Board between 2003 and 2006. | |
She was found to have kept moving people to the home despite knowing of serious concerns over standards, and was struck off in January this year. | |
Concerns were raised about Mrs Hayes' actions during a major investigation by Gwent Police into allegations of neglect in care homes called Operation Jasmine. | |
The £11.6m police inquiry collapsed when the former owner of the Brithdir home, Dr Prana Das, was declared unfit to stand trial as a result of a brain injury suffered in a violent burglary. | |
The home - which has 40 residents with dementia, mental infirmity and learning difficulties - is now under new management. |