With respect, I think you're missing the point here. As far as I can see, no-one is disputing that she breached patient confidentiality, and no-one is downplaying that. Irrespective of her motives. So obviously the NMC had to act. The issue to my mind is, was their response reasonable and proportionate in striking her off. I recall that not a million years ago, that same BBC made a series about nurses in training, in which they filmed within Care of the Elderly units to show the kind of work nurses are required to do, and this displayed patients (with dementia) unclothed, being lifted on and off commodes, bed-bathed, catheter care etc. A formal complaint was made to the (then) UKCC by, I think, the RCN. Whether any consent had been sought from the patients' next of kin or guardians, I can't remember. What I do remember is that the UKCC issued a stinging rebuke to those concerned, but no-one was disciplined, let alone struck off. Seems to me that a strong rebuke would have been appropriate in the case of Margaret Haywood. Her real crime seems to have been to embarrass her managers. Damian Green case, anyone? Whether the NMC intended to or not, they have sent an unmistakable warning to whistleblowing nurses: you present unarguable evidence of your case and we'll have your job.