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Trust admits failings over death

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety connected to the death of diabetic patient Gillian Astbury in 2007. The 66-year-old died iafter she was not given insulin as an in-patient at Stafford Hospital

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Mid Staffs Trust pleads guilty to safety breaches

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has pleaded guilty at Stafford Magistrates' Court today to safety breaches connected to the death of diabetic patient Gillian Astbury.

Mrs Astbury, 66, died in April 2007 after she was not given insulin while an in-patient at Stafford Hospital.

Gillian Astbury died after slipping into a diabetic coma at Stafford Hospital in 2007.

The Trust pleaded guilty through its barrister to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act by failing to properly manage and organise hospital services, including its systems for record-keeping, patient information and communication between staff members.

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