Nurse struck off for pushing patient almost four years ago

A Tayside nurse who pushed a disabled patient into their room has been struck off after failing to show remorse for her actions more than four years on.

Anna Marie Lang Weir, 54, can no longer practise in the nursing sector after she refused to engage with the latest in a series of hearings addressing her malpractice.

She failed to appear at her most recent hearing on March 13 and did not send legal representation in her place to defend her.

This was despite a letter informing her of the hearing being delivered by recorded post and signed with the name “Weir” last month.

Investigators at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) concluded Miss Weir “has not satisfied any of the conditions of practice placed on her and is no longer engaging with this process,” and struck her off.

The nurse was initially suspended in September 2016 after the allegations surfaced.

She maintained her innocence at the time and has done so ever since, but has left her role in the NHS.

A panel at the time found that in January 2015, while working in NHS Tayside’s Behavioural Support and Intervention Unit, she had pushed a vulnerable patient into their room, causing them distress.

Determining it was “necessary” to prevent her from practising in future, the panel ruled: “Miss Weir has not provided any evidence of remorse, remediation or of developing insight into her failings.

“The panel therefore directs the registrar to strike Miss Weir’s name off the register,” it added.

Weir was not available for comment.