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\n Julie Clare New was employed by John Masefield House care home in Burcot\u00a0and Wemyss Lodge in Swindon between 2019 and 2022 and was found to have repeatedly acted unprofessionally and inappropriately at both homes.\n<\/p>\n
\n A total of seven charges against her were found proved at a misconduct hearing conducted by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.\n<\/p>\n
\n These included failing to follow controlled drug policies, erasing and altering controlled drug records, forging signatures on medication records, intentionally covering up errors, and failing to attend to distressed patients under her care.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mrs New was employed by John Masefield House by Valorum Care Group from May 2019, and due to a history of medication errors, already had a supervision plan relating to patients on PEG feeds, or gastrointestinal feeding tubes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Due to an error with a controlled drug, she was subject to an internal disciplinary hearing at the care home, found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed in July 2020.\n<\/p>\n
\n An appeal was not upheld, and although her employment at John Masefield was later restored, she submitted her notice and did not return.\n<\/p>\n
\n The latest misconduct hearing, which was conducted on August 26 and 27,\u00a0found that while employed at the care home Mrs New had committed forgery and administered controlled drugs without a witness, and was found guilty of dishonesty relating to these charges.\n<\/p>\n
\n The panel found that \u201cshe knew what she was doing was wrong\u201d and at the care home\u2019s disciplinary proceeding in August 2020, Mrs New said: \u201cI was trying to protect the home\u2026 I thought that one cover-up would not hurt.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The adult care nurse then went to work at Wemys\u2019s Lodge in Swindon, where there were similar concerns as at her previous employment.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was found proved that between March 2021 and March 2022 she administered a medication to a patient who was no longer prescribed it for three days, ordered a \u201cdouble dose\u201d of medication for a patient, used the wrong patient’\u00a0name in a care plan, and did not record incidents in patients notes.\n<\/p>\n
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