Nurse who exposed neglect and abuse of elderly patients is struck off.

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good grief Bloody regulators. How DARE they order nurses to shut up and keep quiet about malpractice? What are the chances that anyone will dare to speak out now?

The NMC should be apologising for being so crap that they allow this sort of treatment to continue, and that they haven't struck off anyone responsible for wrong-doing at the hospital in question. Not lashing out at the whistle-blower. FGS.

that's the thing, the function of a free media in a democratic society is to hold the authorities to account. A lot of other stuff gets in the papers, of course, journalism isn't a high-minded moral crusade. But often publicity does make those in charge sort themselves out when all other avenues have failed - whether that's companies ripping customers off or hospitals treating people like shit or the government doing wrong.

The people disabled by Thalidomide were dismissed until the Sunday Times Insight team took the case up. We need more investigative journalism, not less. Secrecy and peer pressure to keep quiet for fear of offending your colleagues allow wrong-doing to go unchecked.

Have any of the nurses or managers who treated patients so badly in Brighton been disciplined or struck off? No. Just the nurse who blew the whistle.

I can't understand why teh BBC didn't pixelate the faces of teh patients and hide their names so that they weren't identifiable. It's a shame, it was a very shocking and upsetting film but agree with MP on this

The "care" my father got on one of the wards he was in was so appalling (sp?) that once I get my head cleared a little I will be writing one hell of a complaint letter. Honestly, if they treated dogs and cats the way they treat the elderly (especially those with dementia who they know won't "tell") then there would be prosecutions every week.

My dad died last month, I know that my complaint will probably be dismissed as coming from an emotional relative but the staff really didn't give a sh*t.

As a nurse i think it is really important for patients and relatives to complain , obviousley its better to take up your concerns as they happen if at all possible as at least this gives ward staff an opportunity to improve a situation for an inpatient . I suggest you contact pals at your hospital either by ringing them or by letter ,they will not think you are an emotional relative , your father was ill in hospital and has now sadly died ,i cant think of any more appropriate time to be emotional tbh. Ward staff sometimes need a complaint to make them step back and see bad practice ,although alot of bad practice is down to a lack of insight and compassion or education.

seriousley twoif take time this weekend, and write down all your concerns regarding your fathers care and then on monday morning ring the hospital and ask to speak to pals . If the care was that bad it really needs addressing so that no-one else has to go through what you did . I appreciate that this will be difficult for you and understand if you arent up to it at this minute ,but the sooner you act the sooner something will be done . We spent a year dangerousley understaffed and then had two major complaints and hey presto suddenly we have a full compliment of staff .

My parents knew one of the patients featured very well and in their opinion, she would have wanted everyone to know about her neglect so that others would not have suffered in the same way. Ironically she had lived her life in the service of others. Margaret Haywood is a brave woman.

new, sadly this ward wasn't understaffed, it was just the attitude of the staff in it. I did complain at the time which probably didn't make things any better. Compared to the care he received in the two other wards he was in, this was shockingly bad.

On the other wards the staff were so different in how they treated their patients but this one they just didn't give a stuff. Apart from only two staff members who didn't treat the patients as though they were a nuisance.