A SECOND care worker has been placed on a warning for failing to report a colleague slapping a patient.

Ashley Smith was told by another care worker at Canterbury Care Homes in the east end that a patient, known only as AA, had been slapped by a fellow carer.

However, the senior carer failed to report the incident, which occurred around March 1, last year.

The Scottish Social Services Council placed Smith on a warning for two years.

In a report, it said: "As a social service worker you have a duty to act in the best interests of service users at all times.

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"This includes taking action, or assisting to take action, when the conduct of your colleagues causes harm, or places service users at risk of harm.

"Failing to report an instance of a social services worker slapping a service user results in a delay in your employer, and the relevant authorities, taking action to safeguard users of services and protect them from similar conduct."

It comes just weeks after Smith's colleague Shannon Robertson was also reported for the same incident.

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A spokeswoman for Canterbury Care Homes Ltd, who run the service, said:: “We have robust whistle-blowing policies and procedures in place to safeguard residents and staff.

"These were not followed by the individual reported to the SSSC.

"When the matter was raised it was thoroughly investigated and there was no evidence to support the allegation.”

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