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Taz Ali. A mental health nurse in Norfolk has been struck off for inappropriate behavious with a patient. Picture: Ian Burt. Mental health nurse John Middleton faced charges of misconduct while employed by the Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust based on his behaviour towards one patient under his care. The NMC report states the female patient, named Patient A, was vulnerable and was liable to form attachments. Between January and April , Mr Middleton gave the patient lifts in his car, sent her text messages on his personal phone and involved his wife in her care. He took her out for lunch at a fish and chip shop and bought her mum a fridge freezer before she was discharged from his caseload in July He also called at her house and asked his wife to call in regularly in case Patient A needed any shopping.