Anti-vaxx nurse struck off

As an old NHS nurse (not now on the frontline), I agree! So sad that there are people espousing these lies, but sadly there are bad apples in every profession and group as we have seen by some high profile cases over past years

As a health care professional you are quite entitled to an ‘opinion’ but shouldn’t be promoting this publicly as it is potentially very damaging to public health, lots of people will trust in this persons ‘opinion’ because she is a nurse - therefore he/she/ they are dangerous

everyone is entitled to their opinion but this is not about her holding those views but expressing those views. She has told people not to have the vaccine - the opposite of her employer. it would be similar to going into a supermarket and telling people not to buy the food as it is dangerous. Would Tesco still employ its staff if they were telling people to go to Sainsbury as Tesco food was bad and killing people? .

Mawbe.. That's dreadful. That nurse sounds deranged.

MamieJan... ???

Maybe as a health professional she knows something the governments are not telling us. If someone had said to you two years ago that within months, we will all be in lockdown and not allowed to mix with people. That we would have to wear masks and stay 2 mentres away from others. Would you have accepted that and said "Yes, OK no probs."? Would you not even question it? Have you ever wondered by there has been no debate whatsoever during all of this?

In 2009, nursing became an all degree profession. In 2005 -6 only 4% of nurses in the UK were educated to degree level. 24% of nursing students drop out without finishing their degree.

The reason there has been no debate effalump has been because faced with a pandemic caused by a new virus whose properties were unknown, most people felt the measures taken, broadly, were sensible and proportionate to the threat.

The fact that those who have objected have had the freedom to say so and have said so frequently shows that there has been plenty of debate on the issue.

I am sure if in 1938 someone had told Londoners that within 2 years the whole of docklands would be completely destroyed and vast swathes of housing all round them would also be completely and totally destroyed, they would have been very doubtful and would have questioned it. I am not sure anyone forsaw the horrors of trench warfare in 1912.

We cannot foresee the future and what it might bring and some of the things it brings are often unbelievable until they happen.

Like many others posting here I'm appalled that a person in a position like this could use her professional influence to spread dangerous misinformation. I am very relieved to hear that the NMC have protected the public from someone clearly unable to understand the concept of evidence based practice. As nurses we have a responsibility to give the best possible advice, we are degree level practitioners who are taught to question and examine the best information available to benefit our patients. This woman has her own selfish and stupid agenda. Good riddance.

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EllanVannin

Nurses have to sign an oath before beginning their job---I remember having to, so any form of misconduct gets you an immediate dismissal.

Well you don’t actually have to sign an oath but you are expected to uphold professional standards.