NHS trust fined £2m for Connor Sparrowhawk and Teresa Colvin deaths

Southern Health fined over deaths of 45-year-old woman and epileptic teenager in its care

An NHS trust has been fined £2m after admitting “systemic failures” following the deaths of two vulnerable patients.

Southern Health pleaded guilty last year to breaching health and safety laws following the deaths of Teresa Colvin and Connor Sparrowhawk, an epileptic teenager with autism who drowned in a bath at an NHS care unit.

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Continue reading... March 26, 2018 at 06:18PM