A nurse has been struck off the nursing and midwifery register following a professional hearing at the London offices of the Nursing and Midway Council (NMC) from 1-3 October 2008.

Daniel Aspinall, a 55 year old adult nurse from Derbyshire was employed by the States of Guernsey Health and Social Services Departments as a community district nurses between 10 January 2005 and 11 February 2007 during which time he was reported to have a made a series of remarks that were unprofessional, inappropriate and/or sexually motivated.

On making the decision to strike Mr Aspinall off the register, the independent panel of the NMC's Conduct and Competence Committee heard evidence which supported each of the 13 charges including saying to a resident of Oberlands House residential home, "trust you to be stroking the pussy", asking a fellow healthcare professional at the Mignot Centre "have you had a shag lately?" and on two occasions during a home visit to a patient with motor neurone disease telling them that they'd be dead in a year…