Nurses cleared of contributing to death of suicidal patient

Two nurses accused of ignoring a patient who hanged himself by his shoelaces hours after they found him with a belt around his neck have escaped punishment. Ward manager Diana White-Blake and matron Linda Rudd had allegedly failed to complete an incident report form or assess the 70-year-old for ‘ligature items’ at Moseley Hill Hospital, Birmingham. The belt was confiscated but the man was later found hanging from a showerhead by his shoelaces and he died six days later, the…