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| Amanda Jenkinson, 46, was working at the Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK when she was convicted of causing Kathleen Turner, 67, grievous bodily harm with intent by interfering with her ventilator. She told the Nursing Standard: "I feel at a loss to express how I feel other than utter sadness, devastation and disappointment with a profession that I once held in such high regard. Now, more than a decade since Amanda was struck off the nursing register, Mr Justice Cranston quashed the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s finding that she was guilty of misconduct. The judge said, “When the Court of Appeal rules a conviction is unsafe, not only is the conviction substituted by an acquittal, but any further decisions consequential or parasitic on that conviction should have no effect. In my view, the conviction having been quashed, this court exercising its powers should quash the decision of the Council”. The High Court heard that Miss
Jenkinson has no intention of returning
to her nursing career but felt strongly
that the “misconduct” finding against
her should be expunged from the
record. |
Read more about this disturbing case: SAFARI newsletter 65 (pdf) |
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