NHS trust fined £1.3m over deaths of two patients after staff mistakes

NHS trust fined £1.3m over deaths of two patients after staff mistakes An NHS trust has been fined over £1.3m after it admitted breaking the law by failing to provide safe care in two cases where patients died after serious mistakes were made by hospital staff.

The Shrewsbury and Telford trust pleaded guilty on Wednesday at Telford magistrates court to three criminal charges brought by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the NHS care regulator in England. The Guardian

See also:

• Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust admits failures after two patients die BBC News
• Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust fined over £1.3m for safety failings linked to two deaths Sky News