Hospital admits shortcomings after claims ultrasound money funded parties

Sources allege money paid by expectant parents to St George’s hospital in London was kept in private account and used to fund staff parties

A hospital has admitted to serious shortcomings in the way it handled payments from expectant parents for ultrasound pictures after it was alleged that staff kept the money in a private bank account and used it to fund staff parties.

Sources at St George’s hospital in Tooting, south London, contacted the Guardian to report that staff from the foetal medicine unit had been interviewed as part of a fraud investigation after £20,000 in cash was found in a filing cabinet.

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