Jamie Oliver’s daughter dangers being disciplined for graphic posts
It was just a few months ago that TV chef Jamie Oliver spoke of his pride in his daughter Daisy Boo, who is training as a nurse.
But now the 21-year-old, who has just finished a three-month placement at a hospital in Leeds, has shared a series of graphic posts – which could be deemed unprofessional – on social media about her work and her patients.
Some of the posts appear to go against a strict code of conduct drawn up by nurses’ regulator, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) which has the power to strike off nurses.
Posting on TikTok, and wearing a fleece with her name embroidered under the NHS logo, Daisy – the second of five children born to Jamie and his wife Jools – described in detail too graphic for a family newspaper that she had done a ‘bowel evacuation’ and added: ‘Why am I ok with this?’
In another post, she wrote that she was in A&E for gastritis – inflammation of the stomach lining – which she said was ‘most likely caused by the woman who threw her pad in my face’. She also said the incident had left her with faeces in her mouth.
Jamie and Jools Oliver pose with their family in 2016. Their children from left to right: Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, River Rocket, Buddy Bear Maurice and Poppy Honey Rosie
A selfie featuring Daisy in her white nursing scrubs, looks like it was taken on a hospital ward
‘I wish I was joking but I’m not,’ she wrote.
She also described ‘crying in public transport… when the reality of wrapping up dead people decides to kick in’. Another image, featuring Daisy in her white nursing scrubs, looks like it was taken on a hospital ward.
NHS hospitals and training institutions have strict rules about posting content linked to the workplace on social media.
The NMC also has a code of conduct which ’emphasises the importance of putting the interests of people using or needing nursing or midwifery services first’.
Nurse students may jeopardise their future ability to join the NMC’s register – which means they would not be able to work as a nurse in the UK – if their actions on social media are ‘unprofessional or unlawful’.
Daisy did not name any patients, but the code still says they should be protected ‘regardless of whether you believe that there is a risk they could be identified’.
Daisy is training to be a nurse and as part of the gushing birthday tribute Jamie shared a snap of her in her nurse scrubs
Anne Trotter, assistant director of Education and Standards at the NMC, said: ‘As the professionals of tomorrow, students will learn what it means to live by our Code and standards.
‘This means that when they qualify, they can deliver the safe and effective care everyone has the right to expect.’
Jamie, 49, shared a snap of Daisy in her nursing scrubs when he paid tribute to her on her 21st birthday in April, describing her as ‘amazingly kind’.
