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| Gillian Astbury death: Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust awaits punishment | Gillian Astbury death: Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust awaits punishment |
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| The NHS trust that runs Stafford Hospital is to be sentenced later over the death of a diabetic patient who lapsed into a coma after nurses failed to give her insulin. | The NHS trust that runs Stafford Hospital is to be sentenced later over the death of a diabetic patient who lapsed into a coma after nurses failed to give her insulin. |
| Gillian Astbury, 66, died at the hospital in April 2007. | Gillian Astbury, 66, died at the hospital in April 2007. |
| The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust faces an unlimited fine after pleading guilty at a hearing in October to failing to ensure her safety. | The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust faces an unlimited fine after pleading guilty at a hearing in October to failing to ensure her safety. |
| An inquest in 2010 ruled there had been a failure to provide basic care. | An inquest in 2010 ruled there had been a failure to provide basic care. |
| The trust has admitted an offence brought under health and safety law, accepting it failed properly to manage and organise hospital services, including patient information systems and processes for communication between staff members. | The trust has admitted an offence brought under health and safety law, accepting it failed properly to manage and organise hospital services, including patient information systems and processes for communication between staff members. |
| Nurse struck off | Nurse struck off |
| Mrs Astbury, from Hednesford, Staffordshire, died in the early hours of 11 April after being admitted to Stafford Hospital with fractures to her arm and pelvis. | Mrs Astbury, from Hednesford, Staffordshire, died in the early hours of 11 April after being admitted to Stafford Hospital with fractures to her arm and pelvis. |
| Nurses Ann King and Jeannette Coulson did not notice her low blood sugar, and she fell into a diabetic coma. | Nurses Ann King and Jeannette Coulson did not notice her low blood sugar, and she fell into a diabetic coma. |
| Ms King was struck off and Ms Coulson was cautioned after a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found them guilty of misconduct last year. | Ms King was struck off and Ms Coulson was cautioned after a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found them guilty of misconduct last year. |
| The NHS trust, which is running an annual operating deficit of about £11m, will be sentenced at Stafford Crown Court. | The NHS trust, which is running an annual operating deficit of about £11m, will be sentenced at Stafford Crown Court. |
| It became the first foundation trust to go into administration in April. | It became the first foundation trust to go into administration in April. |
| Stafford Hospital was at the centre of a public inquiry into its "appalling" standards of care between 2005 and 2009. |