| Welsh Nurse Struck Off For Thieving, UK
A conduct hearing held in Cardiff last week ordered a 36 year-old nurse from Wales be struck off the register for stealing medication from a vulnerable patient.
An independent panel of the Nursing & Midwifery Council last week heard that Sarah Louise Cole was working in the Burns & Plastics Unit at Morriston Hopsital in Swansea in June 2004 when she purposefully suggested the need of medication for a patient so she could steal it.
The panel also heard that on an unknown date in 2004 Cole stole some property belonging to Swansea NHS Trust.
The nurse had previously been warned for removing drugs from a cupboard for her own use, highlighting a dishonest pattern of behaviour.
The independent panel found Cole's fitness to practise impaired and was ordered to be removed from the register.
Maternity care worsening in UK
The largest ever survey of maternity care in England has found widespread failings, with services in London criticised as the worst, the government's health watchdog said on Friday.
The Healthcare Commission said many women were receiving inferior screening of their unborn babies. It said there were too few midwives to provide one-to-one care during labour.
Four out of ten pregnant women failed to get all 11 recommended checks on their babies during ultrasound scans, which include tests on the baby's heart, face and lips. Only 11 per cent of hospital trusts said they had met higher quality requirements set for Down's syndrome screening in April last year.
Staffing was found to be below levels recommended by professional medical authorities, who advise that 36 midwives are needed per 1,000 deliveries to meet the government's target of one-to-one care for all women in labour.
More schools 'using lottery system'
The Government's new school admissions code recommends lotteries as one way to stop middle-class parents buying their way into the most popular secondaries, giving poorer families a fair chance. Chief schools adjudicator Philip Hunter acknowledged that lotteries were likely to be "deeply unpopular" with articulate parents. But councils must act to prevent the most sought-after schools selecting pupils from wealthier backgrounds who are "easier to teach", he said. .
Weis testifies in malpractice suit
Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis has taken the stand in his malpractice suit against the surgeons who performed a gastric bypass procedure. The former Patriots offensive coordinator says Doctors Richard Hodin and Charles Ferguson were negligent for allowing him to bleed internally and nearly die after the 2002 operation at Massachusetts General Hospital. He told the jury today that he still has trouble being on his feet all day and described his walking motion as a slow waddle. Before Weis took the stand in Suffolk Superior Court, a lawyer read to the jury the testimony of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady from the earlier trial in the case. Brady will not take the stand in person in this trial. A mistrial was declared in the first trial when a juror collapsed and the defendants rushed to help the man.
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