{"id":26924,"date":"2025-05-08T14:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26924"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:28:15","slug":"nhs-nurse-wins-huge-payout-after-patient-claimed-she-was-pregnant-with-his-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26924","title":{"rendered":"NHS nurse wins huge payout after patient claimed she was pregnant with his child"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An NHS nurse accused of carrying a patient’s baby has been awarded a significant payout after she was wrongly suspended for over two years.<\/p>\n

A probe was launched after a man, known only as Patient X, claimed that he was in an ‘inappropriate\u00a0relationship<\/a>‘ with Jessica Thorpe just months after she started working on Ward Z.<\/p>\n

He alleged that she was ‘pregnant with his child’ in April 2020 while under her care at a secure facility for men with\u00a0mental health<\/a>\u00a0disorders after being referred from a prison facility, the BBC\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three days later, Thorpe was suspended from her role with the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear\u00a0NHS<\/a>\u00a0Foundation Trust, which she had began in 2016.<\/p>\n

An employment tribunal in\u00a0Newcastle<\/a>\u00a0heard how the nurse was informed that a disciplinary investigation would take place the following month, however, it did not happen until July 2021.<\/p>\n

Employment Judge Simon Loy said a ‘series of extensions’ were applied to her suspension during this period, despite Patient X passing away in December 2020.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Thorpe was wrongly suspended for more than two years, an employment tribunal found (Handout)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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While unable to work, Thorpe said she was only receiving basic\u00a0pay<\/a>\u00a0and was losing around \u00a31,000 a month. The Trust later made some back payments.<\/p>\n

She had launched a\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0page sharing\u00a0food<\/a>\u00a0snaps under the name ‘Slice of Jess’ in September 2020 as a ‘hobby’ – and went on to earn nearly \u00a320,000 a year doing so.<\/p>\n

Thorpe also started posting content on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>, which was monetised. According to tax returns seen by the tribunal, the nurse’s income from\u00a0Google<\/a>\u00a0shot up from \u00a34,211.00 in 2021 to \u00a319,222 in 2023.<\/p>\n

Thorpe was eventually invited to return to her\u00a0role<\/a>\u00a0in October 2022, but instead resigned in protest a month later – alleging that the Trust had failed to intervene amid staff ‘gossip’ about the ‘alleged relationship’.<\/p>\n

However, her employer argued that the ‘real reason’ for her departure was that she wanted to ‘pursue her career as a social media influencer’ – but the employment tribunal sided with Thorpe.<\/p>\n

Although Judge Loy acknowledged the timing of her resignation was an ‘oddity’, he said that if Thorpe wanted to use her downtime to ‘explore the potential’ of influencing to earn cash, then ‘so be it’.<\/p>\n

She has now been awarded \u00a324,118 after winning her claim for unfair dismissal, breach of contract and unlawful deduction of wages.<\/p>\n

Thorpe shared an emotional video on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0celebrating her win, alongside the caption: “5 years to the day that I got sent home suspended. Quite poetic. My shoulders have dropped. My jaw has unclenched. Finally I\u2019m free.”<\/p>\n

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