Nurse stole £750k from 99-year-old woman for cosmetic surgery and home improvements...

A nurse who stole £750,000 from a vulnerable 99-year-old and spent the money on cosmetic surgery and home improvements has been struck off.

Rebecca Louise Burwood exploited the resident who was living at Bryn Yr Haul Care Home in Mold, Flintshire, where she was deputy manager, for her own personal and financial gain.

She coerced the pensioner from 2017 to 2023 and also bought a car and campervan with the stolen money, as well as obtaining ownership of the woman's home.

A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearing found Burwood's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and imposed a striking-off order, meaning she will be removed from the nursing register.

The NMC hearing was told Burwood had a longstanding relationship with the woman before she moved into the home in 2018.

The panel heard the resident had no family members and was vulnerable after a fall. She was dependent on Burwood for friendship and social contact.

It found that, between 2017 and 2023, Burwood abused a position of trust and power, becoming the resident's lasting power of attorney, while also overseeing her care..

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Our Care Field ?

Yet again, a Nurse is threatened with discipline after highlighting bad practices in our Health and Caring system.

She wore a secret camera and filmed incidents that included force feeding a patient and poor hygiene in Ealing Hospital, West london.

Instead of praising the whistleblowing Care Assistant and taking action against the Nurses and Management, the Health Authority reported her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Nomaizwe Ndebelel, is charged with having failed to protect the interests and dignity of her patients.

Two of the Nurses exposed by Channel Four's Dispatches were also investigated by the NMC but no action was taken.

Abuse, poor hygiene and a lack of care is rife in our Hospitals and Care(!) Homes across the country.
When Nurses and Care Assistants report incidents, Management either silence or sack them.

NOTHING ever changes.

Why do we accept this ?
Why dont we change things ?

Because the system does not work.

Lets change the system.