Nurses were unfairly dismissed, judge rules

THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and Tim Spear – all from the Bodmin area – were dismissed by the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for gross misconduct after a violent patient was forcibly restrained on Harvest Ward.An employment tribunal judge, who ruled the nurses were unfairly sacked, said it was...