Staff member suspended at NHS trust after baby is found with dummy taped to its face

[Northerner]

A member of the scandal-hit Mid Staffs NHS Foundation Trust has been suspended after a baby was found with a dummy taped to its face.

Staffordshire police confirmed that officers were investigating a complaint about a staff member at Stafford hospital and were liaising with the baby?s family and the NHS trust.

The four-month-old boy was unharmed in the incident which happened earlier this month.

The incident is a severe embarrassment to the Trust coming ten days before the launch of a public inquiry into poor standards of care which went undetected for years.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...und-with-dummy-taped-to-its-face-8467403.html

 

[LeeLee]

Caught this one on the ITV news. Apparently the premature baby had been admitted with BREATHING difficulties. Words fail me!

 

[trophywench]

Words fail me. This is on a children's ward.

For Chrissake - a ruddy CLEANER wouldn't do that to a baby. Surely not?

These are HCPs.

At least the nurse reported it and at least it's been made public and at least the staff member has been sacked.

aaaarrgghh.