A thieving nurse who defrauded thousands of pounds from vulnerable patients has been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Cathy Claire Conway, who worked at Longstone Hospital, Co Armagh, was disgraced in June last year when she was handed an 11-month jail term at Newry Crown Court. She admitted 25 counts of forgery, one of false accounting and another of fraud by abusing her position as a registered nurse. The NMC's conduct and competence committee was told she had ripped off more than £7,400 from 29 patients with learning disabilities. Her trial was told the hospital had a system in place for...
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