A HOSPITAL trust has admitted three charges of failing to provide safe care after an inquiry into two incidents which led to the deaths of patients.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust admitted the charges through its barrister at Telford Magistrates’ Court.
One of the offences relates to the death of 31-year-old patient Mohammed Ismael Zaman, who died of severe blood loss while undergoing dialysis in 2019.
The Trust is expected to be sentenced for the offences at the same court today (Wednesday, May 18).
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Ahead of the hearing, the Care Quality Commission said in a statement: “CQC brought the prosecution following two separate incidents, each resulting in the death of a patient, after they were allegedly exposed to the risk of avoidable harm at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.”
The trust was recently the subject of a highly critical report into the maternity services it offered between 2000 and 2019, however it is understood the current charges are not connected to maternity care.
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