Radiographer struck off after X-ray gaffes at Dudley's Russells Hall Hospital

Health bosses took action over Blessing Chabvamurambo after her failings were brought to light.

The bumbling radiographer had previously been given a final warning after performing an X-ray on the wrong child in July 2012.

A Health and Care Professions Council hearing was told she took only partial identity checks before taking the child in for X-ray.

She then received a call asking why the actual patient waiting to be seen had not yet been treated.

Almost a year later, in April 2013, the radiographer made another serious gaffe when an arm brace which was removed from a patient with a fractured wrist was not returned after going for X-ray.

Mrs Chabvamurambo left for the day without re-attaching it.

On the same shift, she produced an X-ray image which was not of diagnostic quality – and then did not carry out the required X-ray or mention it when she finished her shift, the panel heard.

The radiographer was struck off for 12 months after experts decided she was not fit to work in hospitals as they could not be confident she would not make more mistakes.

The panel said she had 'failed to identify in what way she has addressed her lack of competence and how the failings would not be repeated in the future'.

Mrs Chabvamurambo, who did not attend the hearing, had worked for the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall, since 2010 until she resigned during the course of June 2013.

She worked mainly during evening and night shifts. Following the hearing, panel chair Jennifer Rogers said: "The panel was of the view that Mrs Chabvamurambo's fitness to practise remains impaired.

"She has yet to demonstrate that she has remedied the failings that were identified by the previous panel.

"A finding of current impairment is required to protect patients, maintain confidence in the profession and to uphold proper standards of conduct and behaviour."

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust declined to comment.