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09/10/2008
NHS staff warned about Corporate Manslaughter Act |
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A minister has warned directors of hospitals that if it is proved that failure in senior management led to the deaths of patients who have contracted superbugs, they could be prosecuted.
The Corporate Manslaughter Act came into effect on 6th April and was introduced to make it easier for companies to be prosecuted if it was discovered that gross negligence had led to the death of someone.
The warnings to directors came from Justice Minister Maria Eagle talking at an NHS Confederation event.
Ms Eagle made the point that where companies had a "duty of care", prosecutions would centre around how "activities have been managed across the organisation and whether an adequate standard of care was applied to the activity that led to the death".
Last month a warning was issued by a police forensic collision investigator that the force will re-investigate at-work road deaths as a result of the introduction of the new Corporate Manslaughter Act.
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