R v Priory Healthcare Limited [2024] MHLO 2
Sentencing following CQC prosecution Priory Healthcare Limited was fined £650,000 and ordered to pay £43,672 costs and £180 victim surcharge. Matthew Caseby, a patient in Priory Hospital Woodbourne, had climbed a fence and died after being hit by a train.
Judgment
The judge's sentencing remarks are not available.
See also
- CQC prosecution. CQC, 'Priory Healthcare Limited ordered to pay £693,852 after failing to provide safe care and treatment to Mr Matthew Caseby' (12/3/24) — Priory Healthcare Limited was fined £650,000 and ordered to pay £43,672 costs and £180 victim surcharge.
- CQC prosecution. Andy Dolan, 'Priory hospital chain is charged by the healthcare watchdog over death of an NHS patient, 23, who absconded while in its care after being left unattended in courtyard' (Mail Online, 6/11/23) — The CQC is prosecuting Priory Healthcare Limited under regulation 22(2)(a) and (b) Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 for failing to comply with regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) resulting in avoidable harm to the patient, Matthew Caseby, or exposing him to a significant risk of such harm occurring. Last year an inquest found that neglect contributed to his death, noting that he had been left unattended in a courtyard and so was able to climb a low (7'6") fence.
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