Nurses accused of rape and child abuse as explosive report finds 'toxic culture' is putting patients at risk

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Nurses accused of rape and child abuse as explosive report finds 'toxic culture' is putting patients at risk

A damning report has exposed the 'dysfunctional culture' at the heart of the nursing watchdog as serious allegations of physical, sexual and racist abuse were not taken seriously. Major concerns about public safety ran throughout the review, which found that the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) took seven years to strike off a nurse who had been accused of rape and sexual assault.Staff at the regulator broke down in tears “as they recounted t…