Social worker fired for going to work drunk and in PJ's

Social worker fired for going to work drunk and in PJ's

A social worker in Scotland has been struck off after she visited a new mother whilst drunk and still wearing her pyjamas.

Natasha Pickering, a rave fan and self-styled “bedroom DJ”, admitted to drinking a pint of Guinness as well as vodka and Red Bull before turning up to the maternity ward in a hospital Dumfries. Mrs Pickering was not at the hospital in any official capacity, rather she was visiting a client who had recently given birth.

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