A nurse from Northampton has been struck off after a series of charges of misconduct relating to the maladministration of drugs at the Rowan Court Care Home in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

A Panel of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Professional Conduct Committee found that Olubunmi Sogeke, 45 administered Temazapam to a resident who had not been prescribed the drug, gave tablets prescribed to a resident who had died to another resident and failed to record the use of Temazapam in the home's Controlled Drugs Book.

The Panel found that Ms Sogeke had clearly failed in her duty of care and that her actions put her patients at serious risk of harm.

Therefore Ms Sogeke has been struck off the register and can no longer practice as a nurse in the UK.

Commenting on the panel's decision, Craig Turton, spokesman for the NMC said:

"For the safety and protection of residents in care homes it is vital that the use of prescription drugs is properly managed and controlled. Ms Sogeke's actions were clearly and in breach of the NMC's Code of Professional Conduct as she failed in this duty and put her patients at risk."

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the UK regulator for two professions, nursing and midwifery. The primary purpose of the NMC is protection of the public. It does this through maintaining a register of all nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses eligible to practise within the UK and by setting standards for their education, training and conduct. Currently the number of registrants exceeds 686,000. The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (The Order), sets out the NMC's role and responsibilities.

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