Sacked woman wins £15,000

Oct 6 2005

By Chris Smith Daily Post Correspondent

A MORTUARY technician who developed a morbid fear of bodies has won compensation for wrongful sacking from her hospital job. Lorraine Capener has been awarded more than £15,000 from an NHS Hospital Trust over the "incompetent" way it handled her case. An employment tribunal heard how Mrs Capener's condition developed over 21 years of handling corpses at University Hospital Aintree. The hearing in Liverpool was told that Mrs Capener, 53, developed an "unhealthy obsession with death" and wanted to be moved to another department. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT She was signed off sick in January 2004, but hospital chiefs failed to offer her redeployment and she was sacked. Mrs Capener claimed unfair dismissal and a tribunal ruled in her favour, awarding her compensation for hurt feelings and loss of income. The tribunal heard that the way NHS officials handled her dismissal worsened her depression, and led to her being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Tribunal chairman Mervyn Homfray-Davies criticised the hospital for forcing Mrs Capener to take her claim to a full hearing, causing her further anxiety. He branded the handling of the case as "insensitive and incompetent" and said it was impossible for the NHS Trust to justify its conduct.

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