NHS caesarean death: landmark corporate manslaughter trial collapses

NHS caesarean death: landmark corporate manslaughter trial collapses Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust and anaesthetist Errol Cornish acquitted of manslaughter charges over death of Frances Cappuccini

A landmark manslaughter case against an anaesthetist and an NHS trust over the death of a woman hours after she gave birth to her second child has collapsed after a judge ruled there was no case to answer.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust was accused of corporate manslaughter in connection with the death of schoolteacher Frances Cappuccini, 30, the first prosecution of a health service body since the offence was introduced in 2008. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Caesarean mother death trial halted BBC News
• Judge orders jury to find NHS hospital and doctor NOT GUILTY over Frances Cappuccini’s death The Daily Mail
• Frances Cappuccini: NHS trust and anaesthetist cleared over death of mother after postnatal surgery The Independent