Latex allergy nurse wins £144,000

A nurse has received £144,000 in compensation after her allergy to latex gloves went untreated for years. The allergy developed over nearly 10 years. She was prescribed E45 and hydrocortisone creams by her GP and advised to wear cotton gloves under the latex ones by the hospital. Her employers failed to carry out a test for latex allergy or provide her with the use of alternative vinyl gloves.