Nurse struck off for using racist language

Mrs Jones worked at a practice in Portsmouth when the incident happened

A nurse who used racist language with colleagues that led to one saying they had been "shocked into silence" has been struck off.

Fiona Wendy Jones, who worked at a practice in Portsmouth, was found to have used an offensive term as she recounted an argument with a doctor over a parking space in January 2024.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) found she had used racist language days later in another conversation which it said was "further gratuitous use of another racial slur".

A panel concluded Mrs Jones' "use of such discriminatory and racist language was indicative of the fact that she held racially discriminatory views".

It said Mrs Jones, who did not attend a hearing into her conduct last month, also appeared to have a "deep-seated attitudinal issue".

Mrs Jones was said to be a good nurse and the NMC said it "did not want to remove such a nurse from the register without good reason".

But that she had failed to engage with the hearing and "provide any real explanation for behaviour" meant it had to strike her off its register rather than suspending her.

The NMC did not publish the name of the practice Mrs Jones worked at when the incident happened.