Hospital worker struck off over drug thefts

A hospital worker who stole addictive painkillers while on duty and faked patient records to cover up his crime has been struck off. Mark Matthews pocketed 40 ampoules of Tramadol during his shifts as an operating department practitioner at Gatwick Park Hospital in Horley, Surrey. He forged signatures and edited records to show he had given the drug to patients instead of taking it himself. Matthews told police he took the drugs to treat his own medical issues, the Health…