A LOCAL nurse has been struck off for inappropriate behaviour. Daniel Aspinall, 55, from Derby, was employed by Health and Social Services as a community district nurse between 10 January 2005 and 11 February 2007.

During that time he was reported to have made a series of comments that were unprofessional, inappropriate and/or sexually motivated.

An independent panel of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s conduct and competence committee heard evidence which supported 13 charges, including on two occasions telling a patient with motor neurone disease that they would be dead in a year.

Other charges included asking a colleague at the St Martin’s Community Centre if she was wearing a new bra and kissing a patient’s mother on the cheek.

NMC spokesman Leila Harris-Ryberg said Mr Aspinall’s conduct had been disgraceful and not acceptable from anyone who was in a respected and caring profession such as nursing.