Just a few months ago, TV chef Jamie Oliver spoke of his pride in his daughter Daisy Boo, who is training to become 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, and arguably unprofessional, posts on social media about her work and her patients.
Some of the posts appear to breach a strict code of conduct drawn up by the nursing regulator, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which has the power to strike nurses out.
In a TikTok post, wearing a fleece with her name embroidered beneath the NHS logo, Daisy, the second of Jamie and his wife Jools’ five children, described in detail too graphic for a family newspaper how she had had a “bowel movement”, adding: “Why am I OK with this?”
In another post, she wrote that she had been in the emergency room for gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining), which she said was “probably caused by the woman throwing her pad in my face.” She also said the incident had left her with feces in her mouth.
Jamie and Jools Oliver pose with their family in 2016. Their children, from left: Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, River Rocket, Buddy Bear Maurice and Poppy Honey Rosie.
A selfie of Daisy in her white nurse uniform looks like it was taken in a hospital ward.
“I wish I was joking, but I’m not,” he wrote.
She also described crying on public transport… when the reality of swaddling the dead decides to kick in. Another image, featuring Daisy in her white nurse’s uniform, appears to have been taken in a hospital ward.
NHS hospitals and training institutions have strict rules about posting workplace-related content on social media.
The NMC also has a code of conduct which “emphasises the importance of putting the interests of people who use or need nursing or midwifery services first”.
Nursing students could jeopardise their future ability to join the NMC register (meaning they will not be able to work as a nurse in the UK) if their actions on social media are found to be “unprofessional or illegal”.
Daisy did not name any patients, but the code still says they must be protected “regardless of whether you believe there is a risk they could be identified”.
Daisy is training to be a nurse and as part of the effusive birthday tribute, Jamie shared a photo of her in her nursing uniform.
Anne Trotter, NMC’s Deputy Director of Education and Standards, said: ‘As professionals of tomorrow, students will learn what it means to live by our Code and standards.
“This means that when they qualify, they can provide the safe and effective care everyone has a right to expect.”
Jamie, 49, shared a snap of Daisy in her nurse’s uniform as he paid tribute to her on her 21st birthday in April, describing her as “incredibly kind”.
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