Nurse and healthcare worker jailed for unlawfully drugging patients

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A nurse and a healthcare worker have been jailed after being found guilty of unlawfully drugging patients.

Catherine Hudson, 54, was given seven years and two months for the ill-treatment of stroke patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in Lancashire, while Charlotte Wilmot was jailed for three years.

Sentencing the pair at Preston Crown Court, Judge Robert Altham said their duty was to protect and care for their patients, instead they "exploited them for an easy shift, for amusement".

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/nurse-and-healthcare-worker-jailed-after-patients-sedated-for-easy-shift-13029474

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