Losing this nurse is a mistake. Being fair, yes, she breached confidentiality by filming patients without their knowledge, irrespective of her intentions - and that is of course a bad thing... But, taking the wider view, why did she do it? You have to take account of the fact that her motivation was her concern for the patients - and while this doesn't excuse what she did, were I sitting on a panel hearing this case I'd view it as a rather sizable chunk of mitigation... Other things that wouldn't have escaped my notice would be that:

a - The consent of the patients WAS obtainted before the footage was used.

b - There have been no subsequent complaints from any of the patients or their families.

So, did she deserve to get her wrist slapped? Yes, in my opinion she did. But did she deserve to lose her career? Absolutely not... All that has happened is that a nurse who actually cared enough about the patients to stand up for them has had her career terminated, while those nurses who were prepared to continue to operate in an environment of sub-standard care will remain in place. Another glorious victory for NHS management... Martin