Nurse 'pumped up car tyre to entertain patients', inquiry told

A nurse who abandoned vulnerable patients to clean out her car boot is facing being struck off.

Cheryl Lewis (50) put on rubber gloves to tidy up her motor as music blared out of the car stereo.

The registered nurse was supposed to be looking after two wheelchair-bound patients with learning difficulties at the time.

But a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel rejected her claim that she was pumping up her car tyre to entertain patients at the Elliott Centre, a day care facility in Clifton.

Lewis also upset a patient while on duty when she ordered him to stop looking down her top, the hearing was told.

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