A NURSE accused of leaving seriously ill babies wearing wet clothes, soiled nappies and covered in vomit faces an anxious wait to learn her fate.

Philippa Ralph also allegedly inserted a feeding tube into an infant's stomach when it was already full and of letting another baby go blue through lack of oxygen.

The neglect is said to have happened between February and July 2008 at the neonatal intensive care unit at the Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Ralph was facing the Nursing and Midwifery Council this week, but yesterday the hearing was adjourned until a later date to be fixed due to witness difficulties.

The nurse admitted to the council administering a baby’s medicine nine hours late on one occasion and mistakenly informing staff that another was being given one litre rather than 0.1 litres of oxygen.

But she denies all of the other allegations against her, relating to five babies in her care.

Ralph, who was newly qualified at the time of the alleged incidents and sacked a few months later, faces seven charges in total.

They all relate to her employment at the unit, which looks after seriously ill children.

The hearing will continue at a later date to be confirmed.