A nurse is facing jail after being found guilty of mistreating patients on a hospital stroke unit by giving them sedatives to “keep them quiet and compliant” for an “easy life”.
Catherine Hudson, 54, drugged two patients during shifts at Blackpool Victoria hospital in April 2017 and November 2018. Jurors at Preston crown court also convicted her of conspiring with a junior colleague, Charlotte Wilmot, 48, to administer a sedative to a third patient.
Prosecutors said a “culture of abuse” was revealed on the unit when police examined WhatsApp phone messages between the co-defendants and other members of staff.
The court heard how Hudson wrote in a text that she had sedated a patient “within an inch of her life”, adding: “Bet she’s flat for a week, ha ha.”
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