Nurse fired after colleague heard her snoring during night shift naps

A nurse has been fired from her job after it was revealed she had been taking regular naps during her night shifts.

Perpetua Cull worked in the North Merchiston Care Home in Edinburgh last year. However she was soon let go when a colleague reported that the nurse had been sleeping in the staff room when she was meant to be on duty.

One co-worker, who chose to remain anonymous, told the tribunal that Mrs Cull would routinely take a blanket and a pillow from the supply cupboard before reclining in a chair and snoozing. The witnessed added that they knew Cull was sleeping not only because they saw her but they could also hear her snoring loudly.

Her colleague went on to add that “although he did not wake her up he found the night shifts where he was working with her much harder because the volume of work increased.”