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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anna Bawden

Private mental health provider fined £1.53m over inpatient’s death in London

Hospital corridor with medical staff
It is the largest fine for a mental health service as a result of a prosecution brought by CQC. Photograph: monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A private sector mental health provider has been hit with a £1.53m fine after pleading guilty in a criminal prosecution brought by the Care Quality Commission over an inpatient’s death.

Cygnet Health Care pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide safe care and treatment at its Ealing hospital, after the death of a young woman who was able to take her own life there in July 2019.

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