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Paul Cargill

Nurse suspended over relationship with patient of Perth hospital

A mental health nurse found to have formed an “unprofessional” relationship with a patient after they were admitted to a Perthshire hospital has been suspended from working for six months by regulators.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) decided to sanction Norah Jane Lily Wilson after she admitted failing to maintain professional boundaries with the female over a period of three months while working for NHS Tayside.

A panel heard the relationship started shortly after the woman was admitted to the acute admissions unit at Murray Royal Hospital in December 2018 where Wilson treated her for depression, low mood and suicidal thinking.

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