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Nurse who denies unlawfully sedating patients is a ‘complete fraud’, jury told

A nurse who allegedly sedated patients for “amusement” has denied she is a “complete fraud” who had given a “performance” to jurors. Catherine Hudson, 54, is said to have drugged patients on Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit with ...

20 Sept 2023 at 16:43

Nurse found guilty of ill-treating hospital stroke unit patients

A nurse has been found guilty of ill-treating patients on a hospital stroke unit by giving them sedatives to “keep them quiet and compliant”. Catherine Hudson, 54, drugged two patients for an “easy life” during work shifts at Blackpool ...

05 Oct 2023 at 16:51

Drugs regime at hospital unit ‘open to abuse by any member of staff so minded’

The drugs regime on a hospital stroke unit was so lax that staff embarked on a “free for all” in pilfering medicines, a court has heard. On Thursday, nurse Catherine Hudson, 54, was convicted of doping patients at Blackpool Victoria ...

05 Oct 2023 at 17:29

Stroke unit nurse jailed over ill-treatment of patients for ‘easy life’

A nurse who drugged patients on a hospital stroke unit for an “easy life” and to “exercise contemptuous power” has been jailed for seven years and two months. Catherine Hudson, 54, illegally sedated two patients at Blackpool ...

14 Dec 2023 at 23:18

Ill-treatment by stroke unit nurse will ‘haunt us’, victim’s son tells court

The ill-treatment in hospital of a paralysed stroke victim will “haunt” her family for the rest of their lives, a court has heard. In October nurse Catherine Hudson, 54, was found guilty at Preston Crown Court of giving the ...

13 Dec 2023 at 18:28

Mother accused of squeezing baby to death cleared of murder

A mother accused of squeezing her baby to death has been cleared of murder. Laura Langley, 38, was alleged to have killed seven-week-old daughter Edith who collapsed at the family home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in the ...

19 Nov 2024 at 11:00

Nurse who drugged hospital stroke unit patients struck off register

A nurse who illegally drugged patients on a hospital stroke unit for an “easy life” has been struck off the nursing register. Catherine Hudson was jailed for seven years and two months in December 2023 for illegally ...

11 Jan 2025 at 17:19

Linda Nolan’s sister says funeral was very sad but also joyous

The sister of Linda Nolan says the late Irish singer’s funeral was “very emotional, very sad, but on the other hand it was kind of joyous”. Her family said goodbye to her on Saturday with a service at St Paul’s ...

03 Feb 2025 at 13:32

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Brian Nolan reveals prostate cancer diagnosis after sister Linda’s death

Brian Nolan, the brother of singer Linda Nolan, has said that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer following his sister’s death. Loose Women and Celebrity Big Brother star Linda, who long campaigned for ...

22 Mar 2025 at 11:41

Hospital sexual assault victim was unlawfully killed, says coroner

A woman who was subjected to a violent sexual assault in hospital was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Valerie Kneale, 75, died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16 2018, four days after ...

04 Sept 2025 at 18:33

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