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Evening Standard
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Ted Hennessey

EXPLAINED: Nurse suspended after disgusting comment which he claimed was gervais joke | Rare Historical Photos

A medic with a stethoscope (Lynne Cameron/PA) - (PA Wire)

A nurse has been suspended after making a sexualised remark about children during a conversation with a colleague, which he later said was a joke originally told by comedian Ricky Gervais.

James Murray said words to the effect of “if they can bleed, they can breed”, a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) tribunal ruling said.

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