The nurse Hawking lost interest in his care

British regulators have banned one of Stephen Hawking's former nurses from finding that she had failed to provide proper care to the deceased physicist.

Patricia Dowdy (age 61) was struck off the board by the Council of Nurses and Midwives who had been charged with numerous misconduct charges, including financial misconduct, dishonesty, failure to provide appropriate care, not cooperating with the board and not having the required qualifications.

Dowdy worked for Hawking between 1999 and 2004, then again from July 2013 until a temporary suspension in March 2016.

"The committee concluded that Ms. Dowdy had not provided the quality and professional standards of care that we expected and that Professor Hawking deserved," said Matthew McClelland of the board.

"As a result, Ms. Dowdy will no longer be able to practice as a nurse."

The best known theoretical physicist of his day, Hawking wrote so clearly on the mysteries of space, time and black holes that his book A brief history of time has become an international bestseller.

Although suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Hawking has stunned doctors by living with the normally fatal disease for over 50 years.

A severe pneumonia attack in 1985 let it breathe through a tube, forcing it to communicate via an electronic voice synthesizer.

Hawking died a year ago, at the age of 76.

The hearing on Dowdy shares has been clouded by controversy. The mail on Sunday, who was the first to report the case, said that Hawking's family had filed a complaint, which prompted the investigation.

A hearing, which began in February this year, was held in camera.

Andrea Sutcliffe, Executive Director of the Board, said the hearings were sometimes held in camera to preserve the confidentiality of the information.

"No public interest is served by exposing the details of the health or care of a person whose anonymity may not be guaranteed during an open hearing," he said. she said.

Hawking's family thanked the council after the verdict.

"The Hawking family is relieved that this traumatic ordeal is now over and that, as a result of the verdict, the others will not have to suffer what they have suffered from this individual," a statement said.