Essex hospital fined £350,000
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £350,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its patients.
Essex hospital fined £350,000 over legionella outbreak
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £350,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its patients.
Basildon Hospital admitted failing to protect patients and visitors between 2006 and 2007. 74-year-old James Compton and 54-year-old Raymond Cackett died after contracting Legionnaires' disease. Six others were infected by the chronic legionella outbreak.
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