Author: DANICA KIRKA / Source: wsaz.com
LONDON (AP) — British regulators on Tuesday barred one of Stephen Hawking’s former nurses from practicing after finding she failed to provide appropriate care to the late physicist.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council struck off Patricia Dowdy, 61, who faced multiple misconduct charges, including financial misconduct, dishonesty, not providing appropriate care, failing to cooperate with the council and not having the correct qualifications.
Dowdy worked for Hawking between 1999 and 2004 and again from July 2013 until being handed an interim suspension in March 2016.
“The panel has found Mrs. Dowdy failed to provide the standards of good, professional care that we expect and Professor Hawking deserved,” said Matthew McClelland of the council. “As a result, Mrs. Dowdy will no longer be able to practice as…
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