ChesterFirst reports:
A former sexual health adviser at the Countess of Chester Hospital has been suspended from nursing after he disclosed details of a patient’s illness to a third party.
Mark Henry Newman, 54, formerly of Acorn Court, Upton, has been suspended for nine months by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after he breached patient confidentiality and pursued an inappropriate business interest.
The disclosure of “sensitive” details was described as a “deplorable breach of trust” and was said to have caused the patient “great distress” as he had kept his illness a secret from his children for nine years.
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