A Dundee care home worker has been struck off for telling an elderly resident to "go and die".

Helen Campbell was reported to the Scottish Social Services Council for being verbally abusive to the woman in the Mayfield Unit at Balhousie St Ronan's Care Home.

After a two-day hearing, the care assistant has now been removed from the register of care workers.

Several colleagues and managers were interviewed by sub-committee, which found Ms Campbell had committed misconduct.

In its ruling, the sub-committee said telling an elderly woman to "go and die" was "wholly inappropriate and did not reflect the standard of conduct to be expected of a support worker in a care home service for adults."

It also said she had "demonstrated a lack of respect for the individuality and dignity" of two service users.

St Ronan's is a 66-bed residential nursing home for older people with a variety of needs arising from heart conditions, stroke, Parkinson's disease and dementia.

As well as telling one woman to "go and die" and "for goodness sake, just die" Ms Campbell was also said to have called her a "stupid bat" and described another woman as "horrible" while joking behind her back.

The charges relate to a period in November and December 2014.

The investigating sub-committee decided only removing her from the register was appropriate and noted: "There was evidence of an underlying incompatibility between your character, approach to service users and work in the care profession.

"There were a number of examples of a disregard by you for the code of practice and the standards of care which it rightly demanded.

"There was evidence that you had abused your position of trust and had failed to provide an acceptable level of care."

A spokesperson for Balhousie Care Group said: "At the time of the incident, Helen Campbell's actions were reported by staff to Balhousie Care Group's management team, who subsequently alerted all appropriate authorities of these allegations of misconduct.

"Helen Campbell was suspended from employment with Balhouse Care Group, pending investigation, on December 22, 2014 and dismissed from employment on January 12, 2015 on grounds of misconduct.

"Balhousie Care Group take a zero tolerance approach to such incidents and our team takes every effort to deliver good quality care to all residents entrusted to us.

"We are pleased to hear that the Scottish Social Services Council has reached this decision, underpinning our actions, and those of our team, to ensure that all our residents live in a safe environment with a focus on respect, dignity and comfort."