Nurse at Shrewsbury skin clinic struck off after 'putting acid on scars'
A nurse found to have made a sexual comment to a patient and to have inappropriately used a form of acid to treat her scars has been struck off.
Dean Jagger, a nurse at Claremont Skin Clinic, Shrewsbury, told the patient he saw her more than his wife and made a sexual remark about her next appointment.
A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearing was told Jagger inappropriately used trichloracetic acid (TCA) to treat the woman's scars, leaving her in agony and making the condition worse.
The hearing heard he told the patient the treatment would 'burn like hell', left her without any dressing on her arms, and she was sick twice following the procedure.
The nurse had not explained the side effects and her arms were weak, fragile and painful.
When she returned he told her she had second-degree burns and placed six small pad dressings on her arms he had purchased from a local supermarket.
In a series of appointments he did not recommend that she saw a doctor.
When she called the clinic for her next appointment the answering machine said it had closed due to 'unforeseen circumstances' and she later found out on Facebook that it had gone out of business.
The hearing was told Jagger disclosed details about his personal circumstances on the clinic's unofficial Facebook page and directly to the patient.
He visited her home and proposed regular visits, but the woman complained to the NMC after seeking alternative treatment.
When asked to attend the hearing Jagger stated: "I wouldn't spend four days in London to explain why I applied a cream for a skin peel system that I wasn't using because some idiot doctor with little experience using TCA made a complaint.
"The doctor is correct, the nurse is wrong.
"Hey, things haven't changed. Congratulations NMC for standing up for your members."
An NMC panel found Jagger's fitness to practice impaired and he was struck off the register.
NMC panel chair Julien Weinberg said: "Mr Jagger had provided inappropriate treatment which had exacerbated her condition.
"Mr Jagger also failed to provide the patient with an adequate standard of care which caused her pain and increased discomfort which continues to this day and exposed her to an increased risk of infection, over a period of six months."
It was found proved that Jagger inappropriately administered TCA treatment, didn't provide adequate care for the patient and made unprofessional comments of a sexual nature.
It was also found proved that he had inappropriately used TCA on another patient.
