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Former Hampshire care home boss likened to Hitler is struck off
11:00am Saturday 16th March 2013 in News
By Andrew Napier, Winchester Chief Reporter
St Cross Grange care home in Winchester
AN unrepentant care home manager likened to Adolf Hitler by colleagues has been thrown out of nursing for allowing an elderly patient to choke to death.
Anne Taylor failed to call an ambulance for Ella Davidson, 94, at St Cross Grange in Winchester in 2009 despite the hospital being just five minutes away, then quipped: “She’ll be dead before they get here anyway”.
Taylor, the only first aider at the care home, did not bother to start resuscitation attempts and was overheard telling a colleague: “I think I’m in trouble now” after Ms Davidson was pronounced dead.
A Nursing and Midwifery Council misconduct hearing found Taylor had shown no remorse for her actions and would put patients at risk again if allowed to work as a nurse.
Chairman Paul Morris said: “Mrs Taylor’s failings were of a serious nature and her misconduct was at the high end of the spectrum.
“Calling emergency services, summoning medical help and attempting to give life-saving care to a patient are reasonable expectations of a registered nurse. She failed in her duty of care towards the patient.”
Care assistant Veronica Westcott told the misconduct hearing of Taylor’s tyrannical reign at the care home.
Ms Westcott said: “She was looked upon as a bit of a Hitler by everyone in the home because she wanted everything to be her own way.”
In a statement the home’s owner, Greensleeves Homes Trust, said it deeply regretted the distressing circumstances of the death. After an internal inquiry Taylor was sacked.
It said: “We have reminded senior staff at all our homes that it is vital to call an ambulance in the case of sudden or unexpected collapse of a resident.
“Our investigation found that our policy on this matter was both understood and being followed in all our homes, so that this incident was a single lapse in our agreed processes.”
Comments(7)
sparkster
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3:24pm Sat 16 Mar 13
sparkster
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6:39pm Sat 16 Mar 13
menotyou
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9:47pm Sun 17 Mar 13
Pikey-Biker
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9:54am Mon 18 Mar 13
rg/Hearings/Hearings
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the link is to the hearings section
richcrocombe
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3:10pm Mon 18 Mar 13
ary.thefreedictionar
y.com/manslaughter, it says:
'There are numerous cases in which an omission to act or a failure to perform a duty constitutes criminally negligent manslaughter. The existence of a duty is essential. Since the law does not recognize that an ordinary person has a duty to aid or rescue another in distress, an ensuing death from failure to act would not be manslaughter. On the other hand, an omission in which one has a duty, such as the failure of a lifeguard to attempt to save a drowning person, might constitute the offense.
When the failure to act is reckless or negligent, and not intentional, it is usually manslaughter. If the omission is intentional and death is likely or substantially likely to result, the offense might be murder.'
Daily Echo you have a duty in the public interest, please follow this up with the Police and find out if they are prosecuting, and if they are not, on what grounds? I would like to point out that your articles strongly suggests that Mrs. Taylor has deliberately chosen not to act, where she has a duty of care, when death is substantially likely (by her own admission) to result. If this is the case then she should be prosecuted, if this is not the case then your reporting is errant. Please take some responsibility for letting us know which it is.
Thank you
hailesam
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6:42pm Mon 18 Mar 13
Being struck off is not good enough. The police should prosecute.
Will the Daily Echo take this up as a campaign to see TRUE JUSTICE done and a conviction made on Anne Taylor? I would have thought the victim's family would be eager to get behind such a campaign.
cantthinkofone says...
2:50pm Sat 16 Mar 13
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If the CPS don't fancy it, then the family should bring a civil (tort) case at least. Burden of proof under tort is 'on the balance of probabilities' rather than 'beyond all reasonable doubt', so on the reported facts you'd expect it to succeed.