Nurse called black staff ‘monkeys’

A nurse who referred to black agency workers as ‘monkeys’ has been kicked out of the profession. Alan Prew was working at the Medway Hospital in Gillingham, Kent, when he sent racist messages to a junior colleague on 1 December 2019. Five days later the female worker received a picture message from Prew wearing knickers and fishnets, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard. The woman, referred to as Colleague 1, told the panel she was working a nightshift with some…