A CARE home boss who had been a nurse for 40 years and a national ambassador has been struck off.

Janet Fryer was banned from the profession after admitting to 25 charges relating to 15 residents at two homes – Beanlands Nursing Home, Glusburn, and Sutton Hall and Lodge Care Home, Sutton-in-Craven – between 2018-21.

Fryer received the striking-off order at a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) virtual hearing.

She had begun work at Beanlands in 1983 and became the registered manager, when the home was being run by the Czajka Care Group, in 2014-15.

Fryer was responsible for ensuring serious incident reports were completed and sent to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and was tasked with notifying the commission when a resident had died.

The report shows that Fryer failed to do a full medical check on a resident who fell and fractured her hip in January, 2019.

The CQC also outlined that it had not received any notifications at all from Beanlands since July, 2018.

Twenty-three residents died between July 4, 2018, and March 6, 2019, but none of the deaths were reported to the CQC.

Fryer was then employed as a clinical lead nurse at Sutton Hall from April 30, 2019, until her resignation on February 24, 2021.

On December 30, 2020, Sutton Hall received an anonymous complaint made to the CQC in respect of Fryer.

She was suspended whilst the allegations were investigated by the home.

Fryer had failed to give medication to residents, but signed to say she had.

The panel said Fryer’s conduct represented a “pattern of dishonesty over a significant period”.

It added that it took into account she had engaged with the NMC and admitted to her conduct.

The panel said: “Mrs Fryer’s actions were serious and to allow her to continue practising would undermine public confidence in the profession and in the NMC as a regulatory body.”

A spokesperson for Czajka Care Group said: “The safeguarding and wellbeing of our residents and anyone in our care is always our top priority.

“As soon as this staff member’s failings became apparent we immediately took appropriate action and suspended her, as well as self-referring ourselves to the Care Quality Commission.

“She never worked for us again and we have since sold Beanlands Nursing Home.

“We also liaised in great detail with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, making it fully aware of the allegations.”