Free blood tests for the family

A nurse took blood tests for her family and friends outside of work hours, a tribunal heard. Lindsay Randall was the trusted ward manager of the haematology unit at University Hospital Coventry. But Randall inappropriately accessed patient’s medical records and practised without appropriate indemnity cover, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard. Bryony Dongray, for the NMC, said: ‘The registrant accepts that she has breached one of the fundamental tenets of the profession in respecting patient confidentiality. ‘She also accepts that…