A nurse who was banned from working in the profession after putting a pillow over a child's face has told he can't return to work.
Paul Denis-Smith was suspended following the incident at the Royal Hospital for Children in 2016 that unfolded while the child was being restrained.
The child's mother made a complaint to the health board about the incident and wrote a 'powerful' letter to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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In his defence, the nurse said he had been asked to put a cushion between medics and the little boy, to prevent colleagues from being head-butted. The justification was deemed 'implausible' by the tribunal.
Denis-Smith was later found to be "not safe" to practise and moved to a non-clinical role in light of other errors including not knowing what medication had been given to patients, being unaware of what drugs had been given to young patients, and failing to tell a colleague he had gone on a break while in charge of the ward as well as recording inaccurate information in a patient's notes.
The nurse resigned from his job and was initially banned from working for a year.
Earlier this year, a panel considered once again whether his fitness to practise remained impaired.
They heard that Denis-Smith had attended a 'return to practise course' in 2022 but hadn't reached the required level to pass and was unable to demonstrate safe and effective practise despite the university implementing adjustments and additional support.
The nurse has since stated that he no longer wants to work in the profession due to a 'stressful' few years and will no longer be practising.
The panel concluded: "The panel has concluded that the risk you would present to patients if permitted to practice, has now increased as you have not passed the return to practice course. The panel therefore decided that a finding of impairment remains necessary on the grounds of public protection.
"The panel finds that your fitness to practise remains impaired."
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