Nurse who 'grabbed patient's throat’ is struck off

A NURSE who “grabbed” a patient's throat and held on to him in an “inappropriate restraint” has been banned from the wards.

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Paul Williams was struck off the nursing register by a professional standards panel.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) committee heard that mental health nurse Williams had also failed to tell his employer he had been convicted of assault in Spain.

The offences occurred at Ty Cwm Rhondda, a low-secure mental health unit in Ystrad.

Mr Williams also mimicked the patient by making a headbutting motion and hitting himself on the head, the committee heard.

The charge nurse mimicked the patient's distress, encouraged an escalation and applied an inappropriate restraint on his head and/or neck leading to a local investigation, the panel was told.