NHS Tayside was fined £120,000 yesterday afternoon after three patients committed suicide at Perth’s Murray Royal Hospital.
The board, which lost £11.2m in 2019/2020, and is forecast to rack up a £5.6m deficit in the current financial year, admitted a catalogue of failings in its Moredum Ward.During a two-hour plea in mitigation, Peter Gray, QC, for NHS Tayside, said the tragic consequences “shook the organisation to the core.”That had subsequently led to a “root and branch” review which had led to “very radical improvements.”He added: “It is a matter of profound regret and concern, in equal measure, that the organisation failed to meet the high standards which it sets in relation to the management of health and safety.”He offered his