A hospital director has resigned after a misconduct hearing into his nursing work resulted in a suspension. Sherwood Forest Hospitals’ Trust has confirmed that its director of strategy and partnerships, David Ainsworth, resigned from his position. The decision, confirmed on Thursday (February 29), followed a misconduct hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council which ran from February 21 to 23. The council’s case, presented by Simeon Wallis, covered incidents in 2018 and 2019, all of which were proven by admission. The report of the hearing noted Mr Ainsworth had “missed red flags of sepsis”…
