Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Exclusive: Trust pleads guilty after patient fire death

By Zoe Tidman2026-05-19T04:29:00

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A trust has pleaded guilty to fire safety offences relating to a patient’s death in a rare case where a fire service has brought a prosecution against an NHS provider, HSJ can reveal.

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