Ban for nurse who claimed she nicked drugs for ‘back pain’

An operating department practitioner who helped herself to powerful painkillers to help ease her back pain has been suspended for 12 months. Rebecca Overton-Apleebee self-administered codeine phosphate, then falsified controlled drugs records to cover her tracks, the Health and Care Professions Council heard. Overton-Applebee worked for Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust between July 2002 and December 2006, then working in the private sector before rejoining the Trust in August 2008. The hearing was told that she was forced to move…