Stafford Hospital nurse found guilty over dead patient
A Stafford Hospital nurse who recorded that an elderly patient was asleep when she had actually died has been found guilty of failing to follow hospital procedures.
Evelyn Agbeko could be banned from practising as she failed to provide basic life support after discovering an 81-year-old woman unresponsive, along with Dutch colleague Theresia Van Der Knaap, a hearing was told.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council heard Agbeko and Van Der Knaap were treating the woman after she was admitted to A&E on April 15, 2010.
Van Der Knaap admitted she failed to make adequate entries and to ensure that the resuscitation team were called.
She also admitted she failed to provide adequate basic life support. But the pair denied a number of other allegations against them.
The NMC panel could impose permanent bans from nursing.
The hearing continues.
