Cash probe nurse fired.A NURSE has been sacked after an investigation into missing cash. Karen Kelly was suspended from Craig Phadrig psychiatric hospital psychiatric hospital n. A hospital for the care and treatment of patients affected with acute or chronic mental illness. Also called mental hospital. , Inverness, last month as auditors probed the system of paying out "pocket money" to patients. She has now been dismissed following a disciplinary hearing. Highland Communities NHS Trust National Health Service Trusts (NHS Trusts) provide many services of the National Health Service in England and Wales. They are not trusts in the legal sense but are in effect public sector corporations. boss Chris Meecham said: "There was an allegation made against a member of staff regarding mismanagement mis·man·age tr.v. mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es To manage badly or carelessly. mis·man  age·ment n. of patients' funds.
"An investigation was undertaken by the trust's internal auditors Internal auditor An employee of a company who analyzes the company's accounting records to that the company is following and complying with all regulations. , and the member of staff was dismissed on the grounds of mismanagement of the patients' funds." Health chiefs will be reporting the matter to the police. It is not known whether Ms Kelly will appeal against her dismissal. |
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