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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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  1. Rupert Evelyn - ITV News Correspondent

Mid Staffs 'very sorry' for family's pain and loss

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, who pleaded guilty to safety breaches connected to the death of diabetic patient Gillian Astbury, said her case was "exceptional" and many of the details are "unique".

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has apologised in a statement. Credit: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

A statement said they were "very sorry for the loss and the pain and distress it caused" to the family and friends of Mrs Astbury.

"Any penalty in this case is not going to touch on the people responsible" as they have all left Mid Staffs, the NHS Trust said.

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