A nurse who was struck off for taking part in a BBC documentary exposing the neglect of elderly patients at an NHS hospital has been told she can go back to work.
Margaret Haywood secretly filmed footage for the BBC Panorama programme Undercover Nurses, screened in July 2005.
Ms Haywood was was found guilty of misconduct at a hearing of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and removed from the nursing register in April. She admitted breaching patient confidentiality, but said that she had agreed to film undercover inside the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton to highlight the awful conditions.
Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust issued a public apology admitting "serious lapses in the quality of care".
Yesterday the High Court approved a settlement between Margaret Haywood and the NMC, replacing the striking-off order with a one-year caution, which means she can now work as a nurse.
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