Thursday 24 September 2020

NHS trust fined for lack of candour in first prosecution of its kind

NHS trust fined for lack of candour in first prosecution of its kind University Hospitals Plymouth NHS trust admits not being open with bereaved family of patient

A hospital trust has been fined for failing to be open and transparent with the bereaved family of a 91-year-old woman in the first prosecution of its kind.

Elsie Woodfield died at Derriford hospital in Plymouth after suffering a perforated oesophagus during an endoscopy. The Guardian

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