Nurse struck off over colostomy bag blunder

A nurse who failed to clean a patient after his colostomy bag burst has been struck off. Tracy Jackson left the man in his own waste while on duty at Wansbeck Hospital, Ashington, Northumberland. She also made repeated errors in the administration, handling and recording of medication between September 2010 and June 2011, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard. Jackson was originally suspended by the NMC for 12 months in May 2014, which was extended by a further year in…