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A nurse caught sleeping during a night shift at a care home has been suspended for a year.

Carole Spencer was criticised for her actions by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which could have had "serious consequences" for the elderly residents in her care.

However, as reported in the Daily Telegraph, Spencer consistently denied the allegations and failed to show any remorse.

She was caught out after a colleague at the Bessingby Hall Residential Nursing Home in Bridlington, East Yorkshire took photos of her and recorded her snoring. The NMC suspended her from the register for a year.  

Care minister Phil Hope has announced that the government will be appointing a national clinical lead for dementia.

Speaking at an event discussing the implementation of the government's dementia strategy as part of the NCAS conference in Harrogate this morning, Hope said the post would be advertised soon.

More details are to follow.

By Bronagh Miskelly

I'm a knitter. Yes, really, despite not being a granny nor living in a commune.

Knitting, crochet and cross-stitch can be seen as a bit of a joke, but as Stitchlinks, a project which combines benefits of these crafts with up-to-date health information to enable people to live fuller lives, reveals such activities can help improve lives.

By Bronagh Miskelly

Even the most pig-headed amongst us eventually learn from our mistakes. We learn that ploughing on with a set of actions that repeatedly end in problems is a bad idea. Not so in Whitehall - or so it would seem from the latest ContactPoint fiasco.

By Derren Hayes

What incentive do you need to take your health seriously? With the constant barrage of media coverage over what constitutes a healthy - or in most cases unhealthy - lifestyle it is hard to imagine that there are people out there who still live in blissful ignorance.

by Andrew Mickel

'Health campaigns work' would be the simple message to take away from the news that the rate of MRSA infection has fallen across the NHS following a big push to tell staff to wash their hands.