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Mental health trust warned after staff slept while patient killed
Original: Mental health trust warned after staff slept while patient killed | BBC News
A UK mental health trust has been formally warned after an investigation found staff were asleep on duty when a patient killed another patient in their care. The case has raised serious questions about safety standards, staffing levels and overnight supervision on mental health wards, with calls for accountability and assurances that similar failures will not be repeated.
Why now: The revelation that caregivers were sleeping at the time of a patient's death has sparked public anger and concern over NHS mental health ward safety.
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