RCN general secretary may face “no confidence” vote

Beverly Malone, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, may face a vote of “no confidence” by members after serious concerns about her behaviour.

Kentucky born Dr Malone, who came to the United Kingdom last year on a work permit to take up the post, was also due to be questioned about internal affairs by the union's ruling council this week.

Among the complaints against the nursing leader, a former aide to Bill Clinton, are that she pulled strings to enable her mother, a US citizen, to receive a quick cataract operation at an NHS hospital …