Nurse struck off over fatal bedsore blunder

Stoke

A nurse who failed to treat severe bedsores that killed a patient has been allowed to continue with her career. Sarah Evans forgot to turn the patient every two hours or alert doctors to his worsening condition at the Daisy Bank Care Home, near Stoke. The elderly man developed painful skin breaks on his lower back, heel and hip during his two month stay at the home, despite his condition being described as ‘stable’ when entering. The Nursing and Midwifery…

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