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Daily Mirror
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Sam Volpe & Milica Cosic

NHS worker struck off after stealing medications and taking them herself in the toilets

An NHS worker has been struck off after being caught stealing medications, and taking them herself in the toilets while still on duty, a tribunal has found.

In an action that has been described as "deplorable", it has been shockingly revealed that Fiona M Watson, who was working in surgical theatres at Sunderland Royal Hospital, stole drugs - including diazepram - from the hospital's supply and took them in the staff toilets.

Ms Watson, who was formerly an registered operating department practitioner assisting anaesthetists, has now been struck off.

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