A nurse has been struck off after being found guilty of washing a patient's penis with a substance that felt like acid. Andrew Davies, 62, targeted a helpless patient in intensive care at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, who could only communicate with his eyes.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard that Davies, who worked through the Richmond Nursing Agency Ltd between 2020 and 2021, caused the patient, known only as Patient A, to cry out in pain. Patient A said Davies cleaned his penis with a substance that felt like 'acid' and also ripped electrodes from his chest.
Patient A told the panel: 'Mr Davies would squeeze my penis, pull back my foreskin and look at me and pull a face which indicated to me that he knew what he was doing to me was painful and say: "Oooh it's got to be done."' The panel found it proved that on one or more occasions Davies used a product other than soap and water or a sterile cleansing pack.
In addition, the panel found that Davies ordered the patient to sit in a chair and told him not to 'f*****g roll your eyes at me' when that was the only means of communication the patient had. Nine allegations against Davies were found proved, amounting to serious misconduct.
A spokesperson for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board said: 'The safety and dignity of our patients is of paramount importance. We can confirm that a professional issue involving an agency nurse was raised back in 2021. As soon as the Health Board was made aware of the allegations, the individual was immediately stopped from working.'
