NHS nurse, healthcare worker jailed after sedating patients for an "easy shift" and "amusement”
Blackpool Victoria Hospital in Lancashire from February 2017 to November 2018. The healthcare professionals sedated patients for an «easy shift» and «amusement.”
At Preston Crown Court, Judge Robert Altham pronounced the sentence for the duo, emphasizing their obligation to safeguard and nurture their highly vulnerable patients. However, they chose to exploit them, turning their responsibilities into a means of leisure and exercising contemptuous power. Hudson, identified as the primary offender, received a prison term of seven years and two months.
The court learned that she tranquilized „troublemakers“ and those she deemed „nightmares.“
Wilmot, who worked under Hudson's supervision, received a three-year prison sentence. Hudson was convicted of mistreating two patients, and both women were found guilty of conspiring to mistreat a patient by administering sedatives.
Wilmot was convicted of urging Hudson to administer a sedative to a patient. Meanwhile, Hudson was found guilty of stealing Mebeverine, a drug employed in end-of-life care.
In a previous admission, Wilmot confessed to conspiring with colleagues to pilfer various drugs, including zopiclone, and engaging in an additional offense of obstructing justice. Wilmot had also admitted to conspiring to steal medication from the hospital.
In November 2018, authorities were notified to probe an incident involving Hudson, where a student nurse on placement reported that Hudson recommended administering unprescribed zopiclone to a patient, 76-year-old Aileen Scott.
Upon questioning, aware that the patient hadn't received a prescription, Hudson assured her that the situation would remain undisclosed due
