An African-American nurse was fired after stating that her profession’s regulatory body is racist and operates like a “sugarcane farm”.
Olufunsho Joseph Ayodele received conditions for his nursing practice after he was found guilty.
Now, the 62 year-old was struck off. He claimed that the board conspired with him to bring down any black person in the field and likened it to what occurred during the “slave trade”.
To stop “history repeating itsself”, he requested that his misconduct case be heard again.
Panel members removed the registered mental health nurse from the register because his comments raised questions about his professional competence and deeply-rooted attitudinal issues.
Reverend Ayodele was a 2004 nurse and served as the Deputy Manager at Farmfield Hospital, Surrey. This Rusper Ward supports men who have mental disorders.
Olufunsho Joseph Ayodele was a nurse at Farmfield Hospital, Surrey. He has now been fired after he told disciplinary that the industry’s regulator is racist.
A panel in April 2016 found that he allowed a student nurse to observe a patient.
After injecting another patient into his hip rather than his leg, and recording the information incorrectly, the hearing was called.
An earlier hearing, held in 2017, concluded that the defendant’s fitness to practice was affected by misconduct.
Due to this, strict rules were set up. For example, your practice must not be restricted to mental health nursing. Furthermore certain duties must be completed with care.
Since the hearing, conditions of practice orders were subject to several reviews. Each time the order was extended was the next to expire in March.
The panel decided to strike Reverend Ayodele off, based on his comments during the review.
He wrote to the Royal College of Nursing asking whether he would like to be present at the review.
He said, “As far I’m concerned, all the NMC panel members do whether they are white or not is to conspire to bring down any person of color who rises in that field.”
A panel found Reverend Ayodele guilty of misconduct in 2016. He had wrongly given an injection to the thigh of a patient, instead of their buttocks.
“This was exactly what occurred during the slave trade, when blacks were used as slave masters in Britain and Africa to protect Britain’s commodities – the slaves.
“I won’t allow history to repeat itself. You can prove that what you did was professional by presenting the case to the judge after the student graduates.
“If it were to happen now, I’d be proud to once more call myself a nurse.”
Reverend Ayodele refused to attend the review hearing after he sent an email claiming that the NMC “think they know all” and comparing the organization to a plantation.
Referring to his letter, he said: “The points listed here are my reasons why I don’t want to appear before any NMC committee. You think that you know everything. Any nurse that appears before you is evidently lying.”
This is supposed to represent a professional body and not a lodge.
“Presently NMC is being operated as another sugarcane farm and I do not want to be part of it.”
He stated that he was leaving the field because of racism.
According to the board, Reverend Ayodele displayed a lack of understanding by appearing to ignore his misconduct which had been proven at an earlier hearing. This was deemed ‘concerning. He was therefore dismissed.
The hearing addressed him and concluded that the reflective piece did not provide a complete view of how you behaved towards patients, nurses, or colleagues, but only a summation of your complaints with the NMC process.
The panel stated that they had not received any new information suggesting Reverend Ayodele poses a threat.
The panel concluded that since his last review, the risk to public health has increased because of the tone and character of communications he made to his legal representative (copied to NMC to use in the hearing)
This panel found Reverend Ayodele liable for repeating the same acts as those that were proven.
“Ayodele may have responded to recent questions that could indicate deep-seated attitudes and difficulties with future compliance.