Nurse challenges decision to strike him off after relationship with vulnerable patient

The nurse claimed a fitness to practice inquiry had breached his constitutional right to fair procedures before a report recommended his removal from the register.

Mr Justice Anthony Barr said the case should be referred back to the Fitness to Practice Committee (FPC) of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

A psychiatric nurse who had a "wholly inappropriate” relationship with a vulnerable patient has won a High Court challenge against a decision to strike him from the register.

The nurse accepted he was guilty of professional misconduct over his contact with the woman over a two-year period, continuing after he moved to another job.