'Midwife from hell' poured milk over baby as punishment for vomiting on her
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A midwife poured milk over a distressed baby's face and said 'that's for throwing up on me', a hearing was told today.
Joanne Scott also photographed the child on her mobile phone because her husband and daughter would 'find it funny', it is claimed.
Scott was working a night shift at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, in 2008 when the baby became unsettled.
She went over to calm it down but then took a photograph, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard.
Derek Zeitlin, for the NMC, said: 'When questioned about it by her colleague, told her that she would send it to her husband and her daughter who would find it funny.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335295/Joanne-Scott-Midwife-poured-milk-baby-punishment-vomited-tribunal-hears.html
Apologies for the Daily Mail link, but what an awful story. I am actually genuinely disgusted. What a vile creature this woman sounds. I hope she is struck off at the very least. She is also everything that's wrong with our Facebook obsessed culture, and just seems like a nasty piece of work in general.
How do people like her manage to get these jobs in the first place? They must be very good actresses when it comes to masking their truly undesirable personalities.
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People don't like them, and mostly with good reason. I haven't seen this story reported elsewhere though so I used the Mail as a source.
Anyway, keeping on topic...
Its a bit like bringing a turd to the dinner table because it has something intresting engraved in it. It might well be interesting but its still printed on a turd and an apology for that is only politeness
So in other words, the Mail is never to be believed or taken seriously. But when it suits people to use it for a link, it's OK to do so.
I'm sure she will. She is disgrace to the profession.
Erm, no. I didn't say that, did I?
I wish I hadn't mentioned the Mail at all now. The level of intelligence in the replies here is also a stark reminder of why I recently took a brief break from the forums. :rolleyes:
I wouldn't bet any money on that, personally. People literally get away with murder these days.
I do always find these types of cases very odd.
I have friends on midwifery degree courses and they are very competitive to get on to and a lot of work, for not huge money when you qualify. It's one of those jobs you want to do because you love it and it suits you perfectly. How someone ends up in these types of healthcare roles when they clearly lack so much basic empathy is beyond me...
I think the fact that it is so competitive and when you get there stressful and short staffed is part of the problem. I think the point scoring system at the University interview fails to weed out the ones who may not be suitable and sometimes discards the ones who would be right. The fact it is a degree based course means that they seem to look at candidates more academically, not the empathy, passion and common sense, which is vital in these professions. I think that yes, intelligence is obviously necessary, but being able to turn in fabulous, academic essays does not equal a great health care professional, I think there is far too much emphasis on the academic side.I know there are loads that disagree with me and there are always those who are just naturally great and meant to be in these jobs.
I have worked with some great people, dedicated, very hard working, passionate, caring people every day, but some I wonder why the hell they chose their job.
Not sure about the ins and outs of the Daily Fail reports, they always slag of NHS anyway......
What a VILE Creature.
Please don`t call her a professional.
According to the story, she has a daughter and she recorded the incident because she thought her husband and daughter would find it funny.
Naturally, if she is indeed guilty of these things she should be booted out immediately. But it's only fair to give her a chance to answer these accusations. Despite the fact that some people on this thread have decided she's guilty already, I'll reserve my thoughts on the woman until the outcome of the case.
I totally agree, I think there is too much emphasis now on academic ability rather than a persons suitability to be in a caring role.
Yes we need educated nurses, but nursing seems to have become less of a vocation and more of just a 'job'. Yes they are often overworked but I think the emphasis on being trained to degree level has de-humanised the profession.
What the midwife did was unforgivable, I hope she never works again.
Makes you want to cry, doesn't it? I actually hope this story isn't true or she's not guilty, because it's so horrible.
Would you? It does seem a very odd thing to do.
Many years ago when I had one of my babies she was in special care in a large hospital. Next to her was a black baby girl. I won't reveal what the nurse who was caring for her said but it was the first time I had ever heard a really racist comment and it was the first time I had ever heard a professional person talking in such a way. I was totally shocked. I have always regretted not reporting her but I was young, my baby was sick and I kept thinking maybe I had misheard her but I definitely didn't.
This person should be sacked and not allowed to continue in nursing or midwifery.
Exactly. Anyway, the OP obviously reads the mail herself. The hypocrisy on here when it comes to the daily mail never fails to amaze me.
Yes, indeed.
Well if you work in Nursing or Midwifery you'll get worse on you.