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| Gillian Astbury death: Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust sentence delayed | Gillian Astbury death: Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust sentence delayed |
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| The case of a diabetic patient who died at Stafford Hospital has "wider implications" that mean a judge needs "time to reflect" before sentencing the NHS Trust, a court has been told. | The case of a diabetic patient who died at Stafford Hospital has "wider implications" that mean a judge needs "time to reflect" before sentencing the NHS Trust, a court has been told. |
| Gillian Astbury, 66, lapsed into a coma after nurses failed to give her insulin and died at the hospital in April 2007. | Gillian Astbury, 66, lapsed into a coma after nurses failed to give her insulin and died at the hospital in April 2007. |
| Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust admitted health and safety breaches. | Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust admitted health and safety breaches. |
| Mr Justice Haddon-Cave told Stafford Crown Court he would reserve sentencing of the trust to a later date. | Mr Justice Haddon-Cave told Stafford Crown Court he would reserve sentencing of the trust to a later date. |
| 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 had previously admitted health and safety breaches at Stafford Hospital, including poor record-keeping and having an inadequate system for the handing over of patients between different shifts and wards in relation to the death of Mrs Astbury. | The trust had previously admitted health and safety breaches at Stafford Hospital, including poor record-keeping and having an inadequate system for the handing over of patients between different shifts and wards in relation to the death of Mrs Astbury. |
| 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 high 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. |
| During Friday's hearing, further details of the poor standard of care Mrs Astbury received were given by the prosecution. | During Friday's hearing, further details of the poor standard of care Mrs Astbury received were given by the prosecution. |
| Bernard Thorogood, prosecuting, said she had been let down by the "complete absence" of proper systems of handover between nurses, and "poor" record-keeping and communication between wards and clinicians in place at Stafford at that time. | Bernard Thorogood, prosecuting, said she had been let down by the "complete absence" of proper systems of handover between nurses, and "poor" record-keeping and communication between wards and clinicians in place at Stafford at that time. |
| He said: "All the clinical and nursing staff were working in the context of poorly-led and poorly-run systems with no effective management oversight and control. | He said: "All the clinical and nursing staff were working in the context of poorly-led and poorly-run systems with no effective management oversight and control. |
| "In short, the nursing staff were set up to fail." | "In short, the nursing staff were set up to fail." |
| The NHS trust is running an annual operating deficit of about £11m. | The NHS trust is running an annual operating deficit of about £11m. |
| 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. | Stafford Hospital was at the centre of a public inquiry into its "appalling" standards of care between 2005 and 2009. |