Trust blasted for ignoring coroner’s warnings on ‘unnecessary’ transfers

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Source: Brighton University

A coroner has criticised a hospital trust for “effectively ignoring” its own policies on transferring patients between hospitals, despite assuring her the issue would be addressed after earlier deaths.

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