A woman has been left 'gobsmacked' after three nurses who left her disabled partner lying in his own urine were not struck off - despite being found guilty of professional misconduct.
Binny Moore, 44, of Vernon Close, West Kingsdown, secretly filmed horrific abuse of father-of-three Grant Clarke, 46, on an iPod during a four-month stay at the West Kent Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre in Sevenoaks Hospital from August 2012, while he recovered from a massive brain haemorrhage.
The heamorrage left him paralysed, unable to speak and doubly incontinent.
Grant Clarke
All three were found guilty of professional misconduct during a tribunal at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in Stratford.
Ms Moore said: "I would use a secret camera again in an instant if I though something was wrong.
"I will always regret not doing it sooner, I will always regret not getting him out of there."
A image taken from the secret footage
Ms Banwell admitted 13 charges but denied nine others, including attempting to clean Mr Clarke's feeding tube with a pen. This could not be proved by the panel.
Following evidence she was found guilty of 19 charges.
Ms Coulter, a ward manager, also admitted 13 charges but denied four others including failing to understand the side effects of medication.
Following evidence she was found guilty of 17 charges.
Both woman have been handed a caution order - Ms Banwell for 18 months and Ms Coulter for 12 months - meaning they are free to return to work - and Ms Coulter has also been promoted despite the investigation.
Ms Moore has slammed the lenient decisions over the care she claims has left her partner, who is now being rehabilitated at the Raphael Medical Centre in Tonbridge, terrified of being treated by female medical staff.
Grant Clarke
The IT manager said: "You take away someone's buzzer, you treat them like a child, you admit it and you get a slap on the wrist and a promotion, a payrise.
"They denied it all until they saw the DVD footage (taken from the iPod filming) and then they were wanting to admit it - they're liars, how can they be left in the care of vulnerable people.
"Grant was better before he went in there, he can't be treated by women now, he has to have dedicated male nurses."
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Vanessa Kennard, who did not appear at the tribunal, faced ten counts including removing Mr Clarke's buzzer and telling his partner he was too "buzzer happy".
She was suspended from practice for 12 months in her absence.
Ms Moore added: "I was gobsmacked. How can she just be suspended?
"She didn't turn up, she didn't show any remorse, she doesn't care.
"How can someone with so little compassion be allowed to treat such vulnerable people?"
The couple of 18 years were due to marry in November 2012 but due to his lack of progress during rehabilitation were unable to.
Ms Moore said: "We were supposed to get married in the Brands Hatch Hotel, they were supposed to help prepare us for that and they did nothing.
"He had to have nine months of emotional rehabilitation after the way they treated him.
"It's a year of our lives wasted."
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