A struggling nurse has been struck off for borrowing nearly £2,000 from a patient. Practice nurse Angela Cullen, 44, denied taking at least £1,900 in cash from the unnamed man.
A misconduct panel found she had "breached professional boundaries" by accepting the money and shown "dishonesty" when quizzed. The committee was told Miss Cullen had partially repaid the patient - but had hidden the loan from her surgery bosses at Saundersfoot Medical Centre, Pembrokeshire.
She was eventually suspended and admitted accepting the money but faced the misconduct panel from the Nursing and Midwifery Council in Cardiff. A social worker said she showed a "lack of empathy" and not recognised accepting the loan was wrong.
