A Wiltshire nurse has been suspended for 18 months after an inquiry heard how she threatened to hit an elderly woman and forcefully fed her at a West nursing home.

Margaret Afaribea Boateng was a nurse at the Ravenscroft nursing home three years ago when she was seen by an assistant holding down the hands of oneresident and spoon-feeding the medication.

When the nurse realised she had been spotted being aggressive, she phoned her colleague repeatedly trying to persuade her not to report her actions.

Boateng denied the charges at a Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing, but was found guilty on all counts.

Boateng admitted another charge that she had failed to respond to an emergency call bell. The NMC panel’s judgement said that the evidence that the patient screamed and spat out the medicine was important.

“This strongly suggested that Patient A did not consent to her medication,” their findings raid.

Boateng has since moved to another care home in Frome, Somerset, but she was given an 18-month suspension.