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| Dummy taped to baby's face at Stafford Hospital | Dummy taped to baby's face at Stafford Hospital |
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| A member of staff has been suspended after a dummy was found taped to a baby's face at Stafford Hospital. | A member of staff has been suspended after a dummy was found taped to a baby's face at Stafford Hospital. |
| Staffordshire Police said it happened earlier this month and the baby was four months old at the time. | |
| Colin Ovington from Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust said: "Fortunately, the baby was unharmed. We have a zero tolerance approach to poor patient care." | |
| The trust is at the centre of a public inquiry into serious failings of care. | The trust is at the centre of a public inquiry into serious failings of care. |
| Apology to family | Apology to family |
| In a statement, Staffordshire Police said officers were investigating a complaint about a member of staff at the hospital and liaising with the baby's family and the NHS trust. | |
| It said: "Officers from our Protecting Vulnerable People Department are at the very early stages of investigating a complaint concerning the treatment of a baby boy by a member of staff at Stafford Hospital earlier this month." | It said: "Officers from our Protecting Vulnerable People Department are at the very early stages of investigating a complaint concerning the treatment of a baby boy by a member of staff at Stafford Hospital earlier this month." |
| Mr Ovington, director of nursing and midwifery, said: "We cannot emphasise strongly enough that this incident is exceptional and apologise again to the family. | |
| "We want other hospitals to learn from this so that we can be sure that it does not happen to any other baby." | "We want other hospitals to learn from this so that we can be sure that it does not happen to any other baby." |
| A report following a £13m public inquiry into "appalling standards" of care at the hospital is to be published next month. | A report following a £13m public inquiry into "appalling standards" of care at the hospital is to be published next month. |