Hospice nurse who 'bet colleagues a patient would die on Christmas Day' struck off

Hospice nurse who 'bet colleagues a patient would die on Christmas Day' struck offA hospice nurse was struck off the nursing register after she gave patients the wrong doses of medicine and caused 'unwarranted risk of harm to vulnerable patients' according to a reportNewsElizabeta Ranxburgaj21:13, 17 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesHospice nurse Naomi Butcher was struck off the nursing registerA nurse who allegedly made a bet that one of her hospice patients would die on Christmas Day has been struck off.‌Naomi Butcher, 60, made a string of serious medical errors while she worked at St Peter and St James Hospice, in Lewes, East Sussex. The nurse placed a terminally ill patient "at risk of death" by administering 50mg of Midazolam, a medicine common in hospice care, instead of the prescribed 5mg.‌She also failed to report the mistake and claimed the correct amount had been given, according to a Nursing and Midwifery Council Fitness to Practise Committee.‌Butcher also shockingly refused the request of a family to visit their dead relative because, according to a witness in a report, she said they "they burn their bodies in caravans when they die" - a claim which Ms Butcher denied, but which the Fitness to Practise Committee found proved.View 3 ImagesHospice nurse Naomi Butcher has been struck offButcher has now been struck off the nursing register following a hearing by the Fitness to Practise Committee. It found the nurse had a "pattern of misconduct over a period of time", caused "unwarranted risk of harm to vulnerable patients" and "discriminatory behaviour".‌A shocking report into the former nurse's conduct said she made a bet with colleagues on one of her patients dying on Christmas Day. The hearing said Butcher, on December 11, 2023, in relation to the hospice patient said: "I make a bet with all of you that he will die on Christmas Day".A panel decided the shocking remark was "degrad...