Trust fined £320k over hospital infection death

By Emily Townsend2026-06-16T05:42:00

The Care Quality Commission has imposed a £324,143 fine on a trust where a chemotherapy patient contracted a serious infection from bacteria in a ward’s en-suite bathroom and later died.

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