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The nurse involved was named sexual health nurse of the year! This is one of the most horrifying articles I have read in the BBC.
Pregnancy jab given in McDonald’s
The boss of a health trust has backed a nurse who gave a contraceptive injection to a schoolgirl in the toilet of a McDonald’s restaurant.
Gateshead-based specialist nurse Angela Star told a conference it was necessary to combat high teenage pregnancy rates.
Bob Smith, chief executive of Gateshead Primary Care Trust, said Mrs Star was attempting to engage with girls who would otherwise not seek help.
McDonald’s said it considered the practice “completely inappropriate”.
Mrs Star told a Royal College of Nursing conference in Belfast that she was forced to take radical steps to tackle high teenager pregnancy rates in Gateshead. She was not available for comment, or to clarify the exact circumstances surrounding the case. However, her stance was supported by Bob Smith, who said Mrs Star had recently been named Sexual Health Nurse of the Year by the National Association of Nurses for Contraception and Sexual Health.
The nurse involved was named sexual health nurse of the year! This is one of the most horrifying articles I have read in the BBC.
Pregnancy jab given in McDonald’s
The boss of a health trust has backed a nurse who gave a contraceptive injection to a schoolgirl in the toilet of a McDonald’s restaurant.
Gateshead-based specialist nurse Angela Star told a conference it was necessary to combat high teenage pregnancy rates.
Bob Smith, chief executive of Gateshead Primary Care Trust, said Mrs Star was attempting to engage with girls who would otherwise not seek help.
McDonald’s said it considered the practice “completely inappropriate”.
Mrs Star told a Royal College of Nursing conference in Belfast that she was forced to take radical steps to tackle high teenager pregnancy rates in Gateshead. She was not available for comment, or to clarify the exact circumstances surrounding the case. However, her stance was supported by Bob Smith, who said Mrs Star had recently been named Sexual Health Nurse of the Year by the National Association of Nurses for Contraception and Sexual Health.
