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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

NHS hospital failed to disclose babies’ deadly bacteria infections

St Thomas’ hospital in London
St Thomas’ hospital did not admit publicly that it had suffered an outbreak of Bacillus cereus in the neonatal intensive care unit of its Evelina children’s hospital in late 2013 and early 2014. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

A leading NHS hospital failed to publicly disclose that four very ill premature babies in its care were infected with a deadly bacterium, one of whom died soon after, the Guardian can reveal.

St Thomas’ hospital did not admit publicly that it had suffered an outbreak of Bacillus cereus in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of its Evelina children’s hospital in late 2013 and early 2014.

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