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Whistleblower back on the register

06 November 2009
Issue: 7392 / Categories: Legal News
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A nurse who was struck off the register for filming the neglect of elderly patients for an expose on Panorama, has won her fight for reinstatement at the high court.

A nurse who was struck off the register for filming the neglect of elderly patients for an expose on Panorama, has won her fight for reinstatement at the high court.

Margaret Haywood was removed from the nursing register for misconduct in April, after blowing the whistle on bad practice at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton.

However, the Royal College of Nursing and the Nursing and Midwifery Council have now reinstated Haywood and issued a one-year caution.

Issue: 7392 / Categories: Legal News
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