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| Bug trust NHS chief gets pay-off | Bug trust NHS chief gets pay-off |
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| The former chief of the NHS trust at the centre of a superbug scandal in which 90 patients died will receive half her £150,000 salary as a pay-off. | The former chief of the NHS trust at the centre of a superbug scandal in which 90 patients died will receive half her £150,000 salary as a pay-off. |
| Rose Gibb resigned days before Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was criticised in a report on the outbreak of Clostridium difficile. | Rose Gibb resigned days before Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was criticised in a report on the outbreak of Clostridium difficile. |
| The trust said it took legal advice before deciding on the severance deal. | The trust said it took legal advice before deciding on the severance deal. |
| "Following that advice she will be paid only her legal entitlement of six months salary," the trust said. | "Following that advice she will be paid only her legal entitlement of six months salary," the trust said. |
| Last year, Health Secretary Alan Johnson told the trust to withhold any severance pay and said the trust could be acting unlawfully in agreeing a cash package for Ms Gibb. | Last year, Health Secretary Alan Johnson told the trust to withhold any severance pay and said the trust could be acting unlawfully in agreeing a cash package for Ms Gibb. |
| This is a kick in the teeth for the friends and relatives of those who died Geoff Martin, Health Emergency | |
| The Department of Health has not yet issued a statement on the pay-off, announced on Thursday. | The Department of Health has not yet issued a statement on the pay-off, announced on Thursday. |
| But the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust said its decision to pay Ms Gibb £75,000 had the support of the Department of Health and the strategic health authority. | |
| A trust spokesman told BBC Radio Kent the pay-out was her six-month legal contractual entitlement. | A trust spokesman told BBC Radio Kent the pay-out was her six-month legal contractual entitlement. |
| But Geoff Martin, from campaign group Health Emergency, said: "This is a kick in the teeth for the friends and relatives of those who died in this hospital trust." | |
| Kent Police are still reviewing whether mismanagement by bosses at the trust amounted to a criminal act, a spokesman said. | |
| Ms Gibb, who quit her job days before a highly critical report was published, has not commented on the severance package. | Ms Gibb, who quit her job days before a highly critical report was published, has not commented on the severance package. |
| 'Filthy wards' | |
| The Healthcare Commission report last October concluded that C.diff - a bacterial infection which mainly affects the elderly - was definitely or probably the main cause of death for 90 patients. | The Healthcare Commission report last October concluded that C.diff - a bacterial infection which mainly affects the elderly - was definitely or probably the main cause of death for 90 patients. |
| It was definitely a contributing factor in the deaths of a further 124, and a probable factor in another 55. | It was definitely a contributing factor in the deaths of a further 124, and a probable factor in another 55. |
| The commission found a shortage of nurses meant wards and washing facilities were filthy, and patients were left to lie in their own excrement. | |
| Quick and easy alcohol wipes, which do not kill C diff, were used to clean toilets rather than soap and water, which does eliminate the bug. |