Terry Thompson, 39, smelt strongly of alcohol during her shift at the Roberttown Nursing Home in Liversedge.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council heard Thompson gave seven patients their afternoon dose of co-amilofruse in the morning. The drug is used to treat water retention in legs or lungs.

It also heard she abandoned an unlocked drugs trolley on a medication round to go for a cigarette.

Concerns were raised when fellow nurse June Kaye arrived at the home at 1.30pm. She immediately smelt drink on her breath before uncovering the drug blunder.

Ms Kaye said: "She said she could not find a particular resident's medication, so we went to the clinical room together to look for it.

"The medication was there in the morning blister packs which should have been administered that morning.

"There were six or seven residents who had their drug sheets signed to say they had been given the morning medication that was still in the blister pack. They had obviously been given their tea-time packs earlier in the day."

Thompson was not present at the hearing and has made no admissions to the charges.

She faces being struck off if found guilty.

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