Hudson said she sedated one patient 'to within an inch of her life, lol'
A nurse who illegally drugged patients on a hospital stroke unit for an “easy life” has been struck off the nursing register. Catherine Hudson was jailed for seven years and two months in December 2023 for illegally sedating two patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and conspiring with a junior colleague to sedate a third.
Hudson wrote about one of her victims in a Whatsapp message: “I sedated one of them to within an inch of her life lol. Bet she’s flat for a week haha xxx.” Hudson was found guilty by a jury of three counts of ill-treating patients and she was also convicted of conspiring with her junior colleague to inappropriately sedate another patient.
The nursing misconduct panel found Hudson’s “ill-treatment of vulnerable stroke patients over a prolonged period of time particularly deplorable”, a report published this week said. And in light of the seriousness of the convictions and there being no evidence of insight, remorse or strengthening of practice, the panel determined there was a high risk of Hudson’s behaviour being repeated.
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