Nurse struck off after booking fake appointments with patients so she could finish work early

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1. > Nina Groves has been struck off after being caught falsifying appointments in order to give herself more free time as well as **handing out prescriptions to patients she hadn’t seen in person**

   > It was also alleged that as well as **regularly booking appointments for family members and generating prescriptions for them**, Mrs Groves prescribed medications for patients she had not seen in person, **falsely listing appointments as home visits when she had really only spoken to them over the phone**. She also allegedly pressured colleagues into generating repeat prescriptions on her behalf, GrimsbyLive reports.

   > discovered that in August last year, Mrs Groves prescribed 28 tablets of Diazepam (commonly known by brand name Valium), which is a controlled drug often associated with addiction, to a patient **without the necessary authorisation from a GP**

   Skiving I understand, no one dies because of that, but handing out prescriptions like that is on another level.

2. Looks like she was struck off more for the illegal drug dealing than the skiving, but the headline doesn’t mention that part.

3. I mean, I’ve done this from time to time but I’m an account manager not a nurse lol

4. Fake appoint Fridays is standard in Germany and I never gave 10am because anyone without an appointment always shows at 10am. If this is about drug dealing why can’t the Mirror put that in the headline?

5. Quite shocking to see the number of NHS bods here admitting they engage in similar practices to get off early when most people wait weeks to months for an appointment, then there’s the minor issue of falsified prescriptions.

   Staff should have their phones, emails and appointments checked frequently, along with regular re-vetting to check for inappropriate behaviours as a blanket measure to fight corruption and restore public confidence within the NHS.