Nurse slept in patient’s armchair

A nurse fell asleep in an armchair in a patient’s home after drinking a can of Stella Artois on duty. Caroline Cropper dozed after smuggling the booze into the Interserve Healthcare home in Halifax, West Yorks, in a Sainsbury’s carrier bag. Cropper had began her 12-hour shift at 7am, before she attended the home of the patient with a health care assistant later that morning. The health care assistant heard Cropper open a can in the patient’s lounge, which she…