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Drug addicted nurse, 39, faces being struck off after snorting cocaine while on duty on a hospital ward

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Hallowell, W. (2026, November 1). Drug addicted nurse, 39, faces being struck off after snorting cocaine while on duty on a hospital ward. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16256875/Drug-addicted-nurse-snorting-cocaine-hospital.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Emma Sim, a 39-year-old nurse who admitted to snorting cocaine and dealing it while working at St John's Hospital in Livingston, West Lothian, faces disciplinary action that could end her nursing career. She has been suspended from her job since July 2023 after admitting to abusing the drug on duty for over a year until February 2024. Sheriff Valerie Mays ordered Sim to wear an electronic tag with a curfew for 120 days, complete 210 hours of community service, and meet substance abuse services to manage her addiction. The Nursing and Midwifery Council will determine if she should be struck off the nursing register permanently.

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Emma Sim, a 39-year-old drug-addicted nurse from St John's Hospital in Livingston, West Lothian, faces being struck off after snorting cocaine and dealing the substance while on duty. The incident occurred in July 2026 when she was suspended from her job. Sim admitted to abusing cocaine during work hours and pleaded guilty to dealing it for a year between 2023 and 2024. At Livingston Sheriff Court, Sheriff Valerie Mays called Sim's conduct "culpable and reckless," noting that the nurse herself felt embarrassed and disgusted by her behavior. Although the court considered prison time, Sim avoided a custodial sentence due to her experience with drug addiction and how it can destroy lives.

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A drug addicted nurse who snorted cocaine and dealt the class A substance while working at a hospital faces being struck off. asserted

who → addict → hospital

Emma Sim, 39, was suspended from St John's Hospital in Livingston, West Lothian, in July and admitted abusing cocaine while on duty. asserted

Sim → suspend → duty

The mental health specialist also pleaded guilty to dealing the drug while working on the ward and told the court she felt 'embarrassed and disgusted by her behaviour'. Livingston Sheriff Court heard that her conduct was 'culpable and reckless' and Sim, of Armadale, West Lothian, now faces being banned from nursing. asserted

Sim → plead → nursing

The 39-year-old had dealt cocaine for a year between 2023 and 2024. asserted

old → deal → 2023

In February 2024, she snorted an unknown quantity of the class A substance, a court heard. asserted

court → snort → substance

Emma Sim, 39, was suspended from St John's Hospital in Livingston, West Lothian, in July and admitted abusing cocaine while on duty (File image) asserted

Sim → suspend → duty

According to The Sun, Sheriff Valerie Mays told Sim: 'You are very well aware, in part through your own personal experience, how drugs can wreck lives.' uncertain

drugs → accord → lives

Sheriff Mays told Sim her offences met the 'threshold' for prison but that she chose not to hand the mental health nurse a custodial sentence. asserted

she → tell → sentence

Instead the defendant must spend 120 days on tag with a curfew. asserted

defendant → spend → curfew

Sim was also handed an 18-month supervision order and 210 hours of unpaid community service. asserted

Sim → hand → service

Sheriff Mays told Sim she needed to 'take steps' to ensure her cocaine addiction is 'under control' and 'does not resurface'. asserted

addiction → tell → control

As part of her sentence, the nurse must also arrange to meet substance abuse services. asserted

nurse → arrange → services

Sim is now set to appear before a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) misconduct tribunal after she was suspended in March last year. asserted

she → set → March

The 'fitness to practise' investigation could result in Sim being barred from the profession for life, though the NMC is yet to reach a judgment. uncertain

NMC → practise → judgment

Drug addicted nurse, 39, faces being struck off after snorting cocaine while on duty on a hospital ward

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