Nurse chewed pain killer patches

A nurse who stole used painkiller patches out of a bin at a care home after reading on the internet that it would get you ‘high’ if you chewed them has been banned for a year. Stephen Tumelty blagged his way into the Clifton Care Home in St. Saviour, Jersey saying he was visiting an old patient on September 26 last year. He went straight to the nurse’s office and pretended to make a telephone call as cover for plucking…