‘Fake’ nurse arrested

DETECTIVES have arrested a woman suspected of treating hundreds of patients by posing as a registered nurse for four years, without being properly qualified.

The 46-year-old was held on suspicion of fraud by police investigating her employment at four GP surgeries in Medway, Kent, from August 2006 to September last year.

More than 1,400 people, including children, who received vaccinations and cervical smears from her, are being contacted by health officials.