{"id":526075,"date":"2026-07-05T08:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/526075\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:18:07","slug":"west-suffolk-hospital-responds-to-ex-nurse-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/526075\/","title":{"rendered":"West Suffolk Hospital responds to ex-nurse misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Cheryl Feltner, who worked at West Suffolk NHS Foundation, entered a relationship with a 16-year-old former patient.\n<\/p>\n

\n A spokesperson for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust said: “Ms Feltner was suspended in March 2024 when an investigation into the concerns began immediately after notification was received from West Mercia Police.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Ms Feltner was suspended until the robust investigation concluded, and, at a disciplinary hearing in August 2024, her employment was terminated with immediate effect.\n<\/p>\n

\n “The Trust has a zero tolerance policy on any behaviour putting its patients, staff, or visitors at risk, particularly children and young people, where there are strict safeguarding measures in place.”\n<\/p>\n

\n The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Fitness to Practise Committee found that Ms Feltner had repeatedly breached professional boundaries with the teenager.\n<\/p>\n

\n The panel found that the learning disability nurse had contacted the young person without any clinical justification before developing a personal relationship.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n It also found that she encouraged the teenager, who had significant mental health needs, to abscond from his care home and made emotionally manipulative comments during a phone call.\n<\/p>\n

\n The panel said Ms Feltner’s actions represented a serious abuse of professional boundaries and a failure to safeguard a highly vulnerable young person.\n<\/p>\n

\n It concluded that a striking-off order was the only appropriate sanction and that there was a continuing risk of repetition of her behaviour due to her failure to engage with the NMC proceedings since May 2024.\n<\/p>\n

\n An interim suspension order will remain in place for 18 months pending the appeal period.\n<\/p>\n

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