Nurse wins Pounds 240,000 for allergy to gloves

A NURSE whose career was ended when she developed an allergy to latex gloves was awarded Pounds 240,000 today.

Alison Dugmore is unable to work after she suffered an anaphylactic attack.

A negligence claim against two NHS Trusts was thrown out in April 2002.

A county court judge ruled the hospitals involved could not have been aware of the dangers until after Mrs Dugmore had suffered her most serious reaction.

But in November 2002, the Court of Appeal said employers had a strict liability to safeguard employees from hazardous substances.

The sum is for personal injury, loss of future earnings and loss of pension.

Today, Mrs Dugmore, 37, of Port Talbot, South Wales, described her disappointment at the end of her career.

The mother-of-two had started nursing at 18 and was based in intensive care at Morriston and Singleton Hospitals, Swansea, when she had to stop.

She believed she would never be able to work again and she must carry an adrenaline injection at all times.

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