Nurse suspended after making prayer offer
A CHRISTIAN nurse was suspended after offering to pray for the recovery of an elderly patient, it emerged yesterday.
Caroline Petrie, 45, was accused of failing to show a commitment to equality and diversity after the incident and is now awaiting the outcome of a disciplinary hearing. The community nurse, who carries out home visits in Somerset, has been suspended by the primary care trust and could lose her job.
She said: "I'm not angry, and I understand if people don't believe in the way that I do. But I am upset because I enjoy this job and it (prayer] is a valuable part of the care I give."
North Somerset Primary Care Trust said in a statement: "Caroline Petrie has been suspended pending an investigation.
She is a bank nurse and has been told we will not be using her until the outcome of our investigation is known."
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