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A nurse who secretly filmed for the BBC to reveal the neglect of elderly patients at a hospital has been struck off for misconduct.
Margaret Haywood, 58, filmed at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton for a BBC Panorama programme in July 2005.
She was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council on Thursday after being a nurse for more than 20 years.
The panel said she "followed the behest of the filmmakers... rather than her obligations as a nurse".
Ms Haywood, of Liverpool, said: "I was convinced that it was the right thing to do at the time as, in fact, I had reported the issues and nothing had been done.
"I felt I owed it to the people on the ward."
She was found guilty of misconduct on Wednesday following a fitness to practise hearing.
Panorama believes that Margaret Haywood has done the elderly population of this country a great service
BBC spokesman
The chair of the panel, Linda Read, said Ms Haywood had prioritised the filming and did not fulfil her obligations as a nurse.
"In the view of the panel, this was a major breach of the code of conduct.
"A patient should be able to trust a nurse with his/her physical condition and psychological wellbeing without that confidential information being disclosed to others.
"Although the conditions on the ward were dreadful, it was not necessary to breach confidentiality to seek to improve them by the method chosen.
She said the misconduct was "fundamentally incompatible with being a nurse".
"The registrant embarked upon filming many vulnerable, elderly patients in the last stages of their lives, knowing that it was unlikely that they would be able to give any meaningful consent to that process, in circumstances where their dignity was most compromised.
"The registrant could have attempted to address shortcomings by other means. But this was never a course of action which she fully considered."
BBC NEWS | England | Sussex | Secret filming nurse struck off
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Margaret Haywood, 58, filmed at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton for a BBC Panorama programme in July 2005.
She was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council on Thursday after being a nurse for more than 20 years.
The panel said she "followed the behest of the filmmakers... rather than her obligations as a nurse".
Ms Haywood, of Liverpool, said: "I was convinced that it was the right thing to do at the time as, in fact, I had reported the issues and nothing had been done.
"I felt I owed it to the people on the ward."
She was found guilty of misconduct on Wednesday following a fitness to practise hearing.
Panorama believes that Margaret Haywood has done the elderly population of this country a great service
BBC spokesman
The chair of the panel, Linda Read, said Ms Haywood had prioritised the filming and did not fulfil her obligations as a nurse.
"In the view of the panel, this was a major breach of the code of conduct.
"A patient should be able to trust a nurse with his/her physical condition and psychological wellbeing without that confidential information being disclosed to others.
"Although the conditions on the ward were dreadful, it was not necessary to breach confidentiality to seek to improve them by the method chosen.
She said the misconduct was "fundamentally incompatible with being a nurse".
"The registrant embarked upon filming many vulnerable, elderly patients in the last stages of their lives, knowing that it was unlikely that they would be able to give any meaningful consent to that process, in circumstances where their dignity was most compromised.
"The registrant could have attempted to address shortcomings by other means. But this was never a course of action which she fully considered."
BBC NEWS | England | Sussex | Secret filming nurse struck off
i think this passage is worth a read.
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attributed to Joyce Robins, Patient Concern.
