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Steven Smith

Nurse struck off after watching Netflix and sleeping while on duty

A nurse has been struck off from the profession after she binge-watched TV shows on Netflix at work. Susan Hughes streamed shows on the app "for hours on end" every night at work while she did paperwork in reception.

When she landed herself in hot water over her habit, the Netflix-loving nurse insisted that it "helped her concentrate". Hughes was also regularly caught by her colleagues sleeping for up to 90 minutes while she was on duty - even snoring as she put her feet up on the reception desk with her shoes off.

Now, the nurse of 13 years has been stripped of her licence following a Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] tribunal. The NMC tribunal was told Hughes started work at Charlotte House Care Home in Bebington, The Wirral, in November 2018.

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