A SENIOR Hampshire nurse who left a patient with a leaking wound because it was the end of her shift has been banned from the profession.

Philippa Jane Williams was working at Southampton NHS Treatment Centre, part of Royal South Hants Hospital, where she failed to change a dressing on a man’s hip.

The shift leader’s actions came to light after his family filmed footage of the wound dripping onto the floor and sent it to the hospital.

Mrs Williams has now been struck off the nursing register following the incident.

A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) disciplinary panel was told Mrs Williams, who did not attend the hearing, was asked by another nurse to check the wound at the centre run by Care UK.

The patient said Mrs Williams came into his room, told him he was “trouble”, lifted his bed sheet and told the other nurse to “leave it”, before walking out.

After the incident was reported, a colleague spoke to Mrs Williams and she admitted telling the patient, “this is not a hotel”.

The panel heard that Mrs Williams was then suspended, telling a colleague that she should have changed the dressing, but decided to leave it for the night shift as it was almost handover time.

A witness at the hearing who saw the video said she was “absolutely appalled” by what she saw and was, “horrified that a nurse could leave a patient’s wound in such a state.”

Mrs Williams admitted failing to appropriately manage the patient’s wound on November 2 in 2015.

She also admitted four failures to administer medication earlier that year.

The panel heard none of the patients who did not receive medication came to any harm, although one could potentially have suffered a blood clot.

The nursing watchdog concluded that Mrs Williams’ fitness to practice was impaired by misconduct and issued a striking off order.

Hospital director Penny Daniels said: “Care UK expects the highest standards of care from all members of our teams.

“After a full investigation of performance and, following a disciplinary process, this nurse was dismissed from our employment. Her failure to appropriately manage the hip wound was fully investigated and the outcome of those investigations shared with the patient.

“Our concern about her performance and the subsequent dismissal from employment led us to report her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

“I would like to reassure local people that Southampton NHS Treatment Centre is a safe, well run hospital rated as good by the Care Quality Commission.”

Care UK has run the treatment centre since it opened at the hospital in 2009.

The private company also runs the minor injury unit at the hospital after winning its contract in 2014.

In 2015, the treatment centre at Britons Terrace was ranked one of the best for patient satisfaction in the family and friends test using the government’s preferred measure of patient satisfaction, scoring 99 percent and putting it eighth in a national list of independent and NHS hospitals.