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An inquest jury has found that five patients who died at a hospital in Hampshire in the late 1990s were prescribed too much morphine. Five patients who died at a hospital in Hampshire in the late 1990s were prescribed too much medication, an inquest jury has ruled.
The month-long inquest at Portsmouth Coroner's Court looked at the deaths of 10 patients at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1996 and 1999. Three of those patients were given inappropriate medication, the inquest at Portsmouth Coroner's Court found.
The inquest panel of five women and three men looked at the deaths of 10 patients at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1996 and 1999.
Some families had long believed morphine was being over-prescribed.Some families had long believed morphine was being over-prescribed.
Police carried out investigations into 92 patients' treatment at the hospital, but no prosecutions were brought.Police carried out investigations into 92 patients' treatment at the hospital, but no prosecutions were brought.
The jury decided that in the cases of Robert Wilson, 74, Geoffrey Packman, 66, and Elsie Devine, 88, the use of painkillers was inappropriate for their condition.
In a statement after the verdicts the families said their relatives had been overprescribed painkillers "without justification or logic" and that they now awaited the reaction of the General Medical Council (GMC).