A disciplinary hearing was told that Dawn Henry, 36, from Liversedge, told matron Sarah Fletcher she left the seven-year-old on the bedpan all night because he wanted to stay there.

When a colleague at the LGI asked Henry how the child had been that night, she allegedly replied: "He's been on a bedpan all night, he needs a bath 'cos he stinks." The boy was later found with dried excrement on his body and a pressure sore left by the bedpan, the hearing was told.

Giving evidence at the Nursery and Midwifery Council hearing, Matron Fletcher said Henry made admissions about the bedpan incident during a disciplinary meeting in February 2008.

She said: "From what I recall, she (Henry] explained the patient was on a bedpan when she came on shift, which would have been 8pm.

"She said she asked him if she could take it away but he kept shaking his head or saying no."

The hearing was told the bedpan was not removed until 7.30am the next morning when the next round of staff started.

Asked if this was acceptable, Mrs Fletcher replied: "No. I would have only expected him to be on the bedpan for 15 minutes at the most."

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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has also heard this week how another five-month-old boy was found lying in a urine-soaked cot on a ward with his nappy full.

Henry also took the decision to stop the baby boy's fluids while continuing to administer pain relief, which it was claimed could have led to the infant suffering a blood clot.

Both patients were recovering from bowel surgery at the time of the incidents.

Henry, who was later suspended from the hospital, now faces eight charges of misconduct in relation to the night of January 21, 2008.

The nurse, who qualified in October 1996, is further charged with failing to make appropriate observations and records for both patients.

She did not attend the hearing.

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