'S*** stirrer' | Manager 'bullied & intimidated' whistleblower worker who raised safety concerns

A bully care home manager who called an employee a ‘s*** stirrer’ after raising safeguarding concerns has been struck off.

Deborah Cank failed to investigate safeguarding concerns about the treatment of residents, and ‘bullied & intimidated’ the colleague who raised the alarm, while she was the manager of Lakeside Nursing Home in Wigan. 

As first reported by Wigan Today, the allegations against Cank, who has been registered as a nurse since 1989, were first made in 2020. 

A hearing conducted by the Nursing and Midwifery Council found evidence proving six of the charges against Cank, while no evidence was offered on a further seven accusations.