Donna Maxwell, 47, from Irvine, claimed she was attacked by a mentally unwell patient outside Ailsa Hospital in Ayr in November 2018. The horror incident sparked a huge police probe resulting in an innocent woman - who has since died - being hauled in front of a court before being cleared.Donna Maxwell's job? Glad you asked, Reader. She's a NHS health worker.
...the NHS health worker's web of lies came crashing down when the jury saw CCTV of her buying the weapon from Tesco.
Maxwell continued to insist she was the victim of a 'random attack' during a four-day trial at Ayr Sheriff Court. But today a jury found her guilty of telling a pack of fibs after hearing evidence that she made internet searches for 'claim compensation' before plunging the knife into her own abdomen.
Physician, heal thyself indeed...
When I trained as a nurse, my 'intake' (which included four North London Hospitals - I hasten to add I went to 'the good one') was made up of general, mental health and learning disability students.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing that rapidly became apparent was that every single one of the mental health students had 'issues' (i.e. they were, on the whole, crazier than the patients they were training to care for).
Over the years this was shown to be all too true, with over 90% of them being admitted for treatment themselves (not 'admitting themselves' but 'admitted under section'. Gulp!). And what's worse is that ... all of those particular people 'still' work for the vaunted NHS.
Reassured?
"The one thing that rapidly became apparent was that every single one of the mental health students had 'issues' (i.e. they were, on the whole, crazier than the patients they were training to care for)."
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