A CARE home nurse has been struck off after turning up for work drunk, sneaking off to sleep in a cupboard and mistaking a teddy bear for a baby.
Violet Ruto worked at Oakhurst Grange Nursing Home, in Southgate, which was closed last July after a damning Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection.
Last week Miss Ruto faced a misconduct hearing at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), but chose not to attend.
The nurse had confirmed to the NMC by e-mail that she was abroad, having left the...
