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| Scandal-hit hospital trust probed over safety breaches | |
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| A hospital trust that ran a unit where a man drowned in the bath will be investigated for safety breaches. | |
| Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has been asked to provide information on a number of unexplained deaths. | |
| The death of Connor Sparrowhawk, 18, will be one of the cases reviewed by the Health and Safety Executive. | |
| Trust chairman Mike Petter resigned on Friday after a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report found the trust was "continuing to put patients at risk". | |
| Regulator NHS Improvement said it intends to appoint Tim Smart as new chairman. | |
| 'Dramatic change needed' | 'Dramatic change needed' |
| Mr Sparrowhawk died after having a seizure in the bath at Slade House in Oxford. An inquest jury found neglect contributed to his death. | |
| The CQC found the trust still had not implemented safe bathing guidelines. | The CQC found the trust still had not implemented safe bathing guidelines. |
| NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackay said: "It is clear that dramatic change is needed urgently at Southern Health. | NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackay said: "It is clear that dramatic change is needed urgently at Southern Health. |
| "Our action today in proposing the appointment of Tim Smart - a very experienced NHS leader - at the top of the organisation will speed up this improvement." | "Our action today in proposing the appointment of Tim Smart - a very experienced NHS leader - at the top of the organisation will speed up this improvement." |
| Mr Petter's departure on Thursday was followed by the resignation of Mark Aspinall, one of 13 public governors for the trust. | Mr Petter's departure on Thursday was followed by the resignation of Mark Aspinall, one of 13 public governors for the trust. |
| In his resignation letter, Mr Aspinall said there was an "apparent lack of drive and determination" to improve the situation at the trust. | In his resignation letter, Mr Aspinall said there was an "apparent lack of drive and determination" to improve the situation at the trust. |
| Patients jumped off hospital roof | Patients jumped off hospital roof |
| Southern Heatlh was inspected by the CQC after a report by NHS England found it did not investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 patients over a four-year period. | Southern Heatlh was inspected by the CQC after a report by NHS England found it did not investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 patients over a four-year period. |
| Its chief executive Katrina Percy has refused calls to resign from Mr Sparrowhawk's mother, Dr Sara Ryan. | Its chief executive Katrina Percy has refused calls to resign from Mr Sparrowhawk's mother, Dr Sara Ryan. |
| Ms Percy said the CQC's findings sent "a clear message to the leadership... that more improvements must be delivered and as rapidly as possible". | Ms Percy said the CQC's findings sent "a clear message to the leadership... that more improvements must be delivered and as rapidly as possible". |
| The trust provides mental health services to patients in Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. | The trust provides mental health services to patients in Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. |