A former senior nurse at Kingston Hospital has been struck from the register after making derogatory comments about his line manager.

Mohammad Ahmed Humeedi Hindawi was also found to have given a patient four times the appropriate dose of an antipsychotic while working as a trauma and orthopaedic coordinator at the hospital.

A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) misconduct panel ruled Mr Hindawi's fitness to practise as a registered nurse was impaired after holding hearings in January, which he did not attend.

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reported Mr Hindawi to the NMC in November 2022, after launching an investigation into his behaviour in December 2020.

The panel found Mr Hindawi made offensive comments about his line manager in November 2020, including asking another colleague to 'find her a f**king man', saying she 'is not getting enough at home' and that she 'needed a good you know what', or words to that effect.

A report from the NMC said the comments were derogatory and 'this type of language was offensive and inappropriate for the workplace'.

The panel decided Mr Hindawi administered, or caused to be administered, 2mg of antipsychotic haloperidol to an elderly patient without a prescription in January 2021, and that the dose was four times greater than what was appropriate.

The former nurse altered the patient's medical records, according to the panel, to hide his error.

The panel also ruled Mr Hindawi did not complete paperwork about patients for the National Hip Fracture Database, and provided inaccurate information in one form, between May 2020 and January 2021.

He was found to have asked a colleague about the trust's investigation into him in March 2021, having been told not to discuss the case with anyone. Mr Hindawi resigned from the trust in September 2022.

The panel took into account that Mr Hindawi had made allegations about bullying in the workplace, which were upheld in August 2022.

Barrister Ben Edwards, representing the NMC, said that while Mr Hindawi had addressed some issues raised in the investigation, he had mainly tried to 'apportion blame and make excuses'.

He said colleagues had described him as previously 'good to work with, helpful, knowledgeable and… fun to be around' but that his behaviour had drastically changed, and he did not take criticism well.

Mr Edwards argued Mr Hindawi 'had not acted with honesty and integrity', while his conduct had fallen well below the standards expected of a nurse.

He added there was a risk it would be repeated, as he had not shown real understanding about the issues raised.

The panel decided to strike Mr Hindawi from the register; after ruling he had committed misconduct.

The report said: "The panel found that a vulnerable patient… and fellow colleagues were put at an unwarranted risk of harm as a result of Mr Hindawi's misconduct.

"The panel considered that Mr Hindawi's misconduct and dishonesty had breached the fundamental tenets of the nursing profession, as demonstrated by the breaches of the Code, and had therefore brought its reputation into disrepute.

Furthermore, the panel was satisfied that confidence in the nursing profession would be undermined if its regulator, the NMC, did not find charges relating to dishonesty extremely serious."

Mr Hindawi has 28 days to appeal the decision after being sent it in writing, before it is made permanent.