A Bolton care home resident was tied to a chair in an alarming incident almost six years ago, a committee was told.

A nurse involved in the incident at Shannon Court Care Centre on Radcliffe Road, Beatrice Adjei, was suspended last month.

The Fitness to Practise Committee arranged by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) was told two witnesses at the care home on Radcliffe Road, The Haulgh, saw a man with dementia referred to as Resident A sat with Ms Adjei and another staff member.

These two witnesses, both care assistants, saw Resident A tied to a chair with a blanket around his chest.

They were unable to challenge Ms Adjei as she was "in charge".

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One of them said: "Beatrice said to me as a I walked around the corner 'look what we've done to your friend'. 

"I said 'oh right'. I did not know what to do."

The nurse was dismissed by Shannon Court, but denied Resident A was restrained. She said she asked him to sit with her and covered him with a blanket as he was cold.

The committee determined Resident A was restrained "on the balance of probabilities".

Its determination reads: "The panel noted that Shannon Court was short staffed and determined that it is more plausible Ms Adjei, as nurse in charge, sat and restrained Resident A because she needed to do paperwork and did not want Resident A wandering around.

"The panel therefore determined on the balance of probabilities that Ms Adjei restrained Resident A by tying him to a chair and/or allowed Resident A to remain tied to a chair."

Ms Adjei was charged in relation to other incidents at a care home in West Sussex around two years after the incident at Shannon Court. She was cleared of all of these charges.

But the committee determined the case was still serious enough to lead to a suspension.

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Its determination reads: "The panel considered that this sanction would clearly show Mrs Adjei’s misconduct was wholly unacceptable and that it must never happen again. 

"In this respect, it would satisfy the public interest by maintaining public confidence in the nursing profession and in the NMC as a regulator, by declaring and upholding proper standards of conduct and performance and by marking to the public and the profession the serious view the NMC takes of the standards required of a registered nurse."

Ms Adjei was suspended for a period of 12 months, after which there will be a review.

The current management at Shannon Court declined to comment on the case, which a spokesperson said was under the old management.