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| Bug scandal NHS boss wins damages | Bug scandal NHS boss wins damages |
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| Rose Gibb left her job ahead of the Healthcare Commission's report | Rose Gibb left her job ahead of the Healthcare Commission's report |
| The former boss of a Kent NHS trust where 90 people died in a superbug outbreak has been awarded more than £190,000 in damages. | The former boss of a Kent NHS trust where 90 people died in a superbug outbreak has been awarded more than £190,000 in damages. |
| Rose Gibb went to the Court of Appeal in a legal battle over her severance pay. | Rose Gibb went to the Court of Appeal in a legal battle over her severance pay. |
| She left her job days before a report into a clostridium difficile (C. diff) outbreak at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was released. | |
| The trust negotiated a £250,000 payoff, but £175,000 was withheld. | The trust negotiated a £250,000 payoff, but £175,000 was withheld. |
| Ms Gibb left her £150,000-a-year chief executive post in October 2007, days before a highly critical report highlighted problems with overcrowded and dirty wards. | Ms Gibb left her £150,000-a-year chief executive post in October 2007, days before a highly critical report highlighted problems with overcrowded and dirty wards. |
| The report concluded the infection was the main cause of death for 90 patients in 2007. | The report concluded the infection was the main cause of death for 90 patients in 2007. |
| 'Demonised by press' | 'Demonised by press' |
| Because she left by mutual agreement, Ms Gibb was in line for a £250,000 severance package, which included £174,573 compensation and £75,427 notice pay. | Because she left by mutual agreement, Ms Gibb was in line for a £250,000 severance package, which included £174,573 compensation and £75,427 notice pay. |
| The Department of Health blocked the payment, although she eventually received the notice money. | The Department of Health blocked the payment, although she eventually received the notice money. |
| A High Court judge ruled she was not entitled to £250,000, but gave her leave to appeal. | A High Court judge ruled she was not entitled to £250,000, but gave her leave to appeal. |
| A two-day breach of contract case was heard at the Court of Appeal in March. | A two-day breach of contract case was heard at the Court of Appeal in March. |
| Ms Gibb said she was "demonised" by the press and used as a scapegoat in the Healthcare Commission's report. | Ms Gibb said she was "demonised" by the press and used as a scapegoat in the Healthcare Commission's report. |
| She said she only resigned because she was relying on the trust honouring its £250,000 pay-off agreement, of which she has only received about £75,000 for leave notice. | She said she only resigned because she was relying on the trust honouring its £250,000 pay-off agreement, of which she has only received about £75,000 for leave notice. |
| Former Bucks Fizz singer Cheryl Baker, whose mother-in-law Doreen Ford died at Maidstone Hospital in 2008 after contracting C. diff, said the compensation award was an "outrage". | |
| She said the former Kent NHS boss should hand the money to families who had lost loved ones. | |
| Ms Baker also said she would be happy to join other families in contesting the decision. | |
| She said: "It was because of her that the cleaning wasn't done properly. I think it's absolutely disgusting." | |
| And she added: "It's like rubbing our noses in it." |