An Edinburgh carer was struck off from their position after being found guilty of both theft and attempted fraud of a patient.
Paul Simpson had been working as a supervisor in a care home for adults in the capital before being removed from his role this summer.
According to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Simpson had been told to leave his position after he was found guilty of two offences at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Due to the nature of the offences, one of which involved the attempted fraudulent use of a credit or debit card, the council confirmed they had no option but to see Simpson struck off.
Describing the acts as an "abuse of trust", a review board had decided the acts had shown serious dishonesty, a trait which had been said to go against the main values of a carer.
Despite receiving no previous complaints about his fitness to practice, the council added that due to the premeditated nature of the offence and the harm to the service user.
A statement read: "Your fitness to practise is impaired because this behaviour is of the highest seriousness and represents an abuse of the trust and confidence placed in you and the access you had to service user details.
"Your actions caused financial harm to a service user resulting in your conviction. The SSSC considered this harm to be intentional and not easily remediable.
"A reasonable member of the public in receipt of all the information would consider the reputation of the profession to be damaged as a result of your dishonesty and abuse of trust. The SSSC therefore found that your fitness to practise is currently impaired."
