Walsall midwife struck off after failing to document baby resuscitation

Beverley Rose Robinson, who worked for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, failed to document a patient's admission, did not document the resuscitation of a baby in the maternal notes, and inaccurately recorded the resuscitation as 'basic' when this was not correct.

A Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise committee reviewed a 12-month suspension of Mrs Robinson's registration, imposed by a committee last September, and decided the registered nurse and midwife was to be struck off.

Mrs Robinson admitted the charges, which were said to have occurred on November 26, 2014.

She also admitted failing to record the administration of drug Syntometrine to a patient on February 14, 2015, failing to label a patient's placenta bag and admitted she did not record the care she provided to a patient on the day the care was provided.

The first panel was made aware that Mrs Robinson had retired from midwifery but had no information whether she was practising in any other capacity.

It also could find no evidence that Mrs Robinson had taken steps to remediate her practice.

The most recent panel also concluded Mrs Robinson had not "remediated her failings or made clear her plans to attempt to do so".

The report says: "She has failed to demonstrate that she has gained any further insight into the seriousness of her actions and their potential consequences and to demonstrate a willingness to remediate.

"Mrs Robinson’s persistent lack of engagement and insight during the regulatory process is indicative of an attitudinal problem on her part.

"The panel has therefore determined that the only appropriate and proportionate sanction in this case is to replace the current suspension order with a striking-off order."

Mrs Robinson can apply for a restoration to her registration after five years.