A suitable case for prosecution?

摘要

On 11 April, in a landmark case, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust was fined £100,000 at Winchester Crown Court for breaching s3 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) in relation to the death of a patient five years ago. The patient died after developing toxic shock syndrome following a routine knee operation. Two senior house officers were found to have responded inadequately to the patient's obvious signs of infection, such as his raised temperature and pulse rate, and failed to chase up blood test results that should have led to antibiotics being administered.