A nurse has been struck off after she was caught falsifying patients’ records to acquire weight-loss drugs to use for herself.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said Sarah Jayne Didymus's actions, which occurred over 16 months, were “devious, sustained, calculated and planned”.

The council panel determined the nurse had “obtained weight loss drugs at NHS subsidised prices” and printed prescriptions rather than sending them electronically in an attempt to hide what she had done.

Mrs Didymus was employed at Port View Surgery in Saltash, Cornwall , as an advanced nurse practitioner from 2021 until her resignation in 2023.

She was responsible for triaging patients, seeing patients face-to-face, running clinics, reviewing minor illnesses, and completing home visits, among other duties.

She was a nurse prescriber, meaning she could prescribe necessary medication for her patients.

The NMC panel was told that the practice manager became suspicious of Mrs Didymus in April 2023 following a phone call from…