Manslaughter Act may catch out the unwary.
The key areas that NHS Trusts and other organisations running healthcare facilities need to consider, and the risk audit processes recommended, to minimise their risk of prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter & Homicide Act should fatalities occur on their premises, were examined by Gary Rogers, a chartered surveyor at Faithful + Gould, at the Healthcare Facilities Consortium's recent 2008 Annual Conference.
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