Overview

• Catherine Hudson, a nurse at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, has been sentenced to seven years and two months in prison for drugging patients to make her shifts easier.
• Hudson was found guilty of giving unprescribed sedatives to two patients and conspiring with another nurse, Charlotte Wilmot, to drug a third patient.
• The case came to light after a student nurse on work placement reported Hudson's actions to senior managers, who then alerted the police.
• Hudson and Wilmot were found guilty of exploiting their vulnerable patients for their own convenience and amusement.
• Hudson was also convicted of stealing medication intended for an end-of-life patient and perverting the course of justice.