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22 Jul, 2025
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Care home nurse suspended after attempt to cover up errors
@Source: bbc.com
Following the fall, she was found to have asked two colleagues on multiple occasions to say the resident had been able to walk to bed. This was found to have "left a profound impact" on two witnesses, who were shocked. Mrs Amoabeng denied this charge but the panel ruled she had committed dishonest actions to create a "misleading impression" of the incident. It stated these were "very serious issues of dishonesty" and her actions "did fall seriously short of the conduct and standards expected of a nurse." The panel ruled: "While there is no evidence of actual harm being caused there was a significant risk of unwarranted harm to residents. "Your misconduct had breached the fundamental tenets of the nursing profession and therefore brought its reputation into disrepute." However the regulator ruled the "clinical failings" - meaning the locked room and patient assessment charges - were unlikely to be repeated and that Mrs Amoabeng's most recent manager believed she was "kind, safe, and effective." It found there was a risk of repetition regarding dishonesty, and that her fitness to practice was impaired as a result. The panel decided to impose a suspension order for six months with a review, with a interim suspension order of 18 months in place to cover any appeal period. If no appeal is made the interim suspension order will be replaced by the substantive suspension order 28 days after Mrs Amoabeng receives the hearing decision in writing.
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