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Wrexham Social Care Worker Admonished for Misconduct
21 December 2009
A registered social care worker employed by Wrexham County Borough Council has been admonished for six months after admitting she put a service user at potential risk by failing to follow policies and procedures.
The sanction was handed out to Lynda Diane Pritchard by a Care Council for Wales conduct committee, which met to hear her case in Mold. Mrs Pritchard will be able to continue working as a social care worker but there will be an admonishment, or reprimand, against her record on the Register of Social Care Workers for six months. Anyone contacting the Care Council about Mrs Pritchard’s registration during that time, including future employers, will be told she has an admonishment.
Admonishment is one of the sanctions available to the Care Council as the social care workforce regulator in Wales. Through its work, the Care Council aims to improve the social care services used by around 150,000 at any one time in Wales, and raise public confidence in those services.
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