Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

UK’s largest children’s brain injury unit cut frontline staff over ‘financial crisis’ before child deaths

Connor Wellsted, five, Mia Gauci-Lamport, 16, and Raihana Oluwadamilola Awolaja, 12, all died while in the care of The Children’s Trust in Surrey (Family Handout) - (Family handout)

Frontline staff were cut at a flagship rehabilitation unit weeks before a child died when nurses failed to monitor her properly, The Independent can reveal.

The Children’s Trust (TCT), a care home for disabled children in Tadworth, Surrey, has been criticised by coroners after three young patients, who had brain injuries and complex conditions that required either around-the-clock care or regular monitoring, died while under its care.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.