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Prevention of Future Deaths report – Brian Button

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Brian Button, 78 years old, was admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital following a fall but contracted COVID-19 pneumonitis on the Catherine James ward within the Acute Respiratory Unity. Senior coroner for Brighton and Hove, Veronica Hamilton-Deeley, in the coroner's report, said that the ward contained 13 beds and that these beds were not socially distanced. A patient review confirmed this.

The Royal Sussex County Hospital has responded.

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Prevention of Future Deaths report – Brian Button

Response from the Royal Sussex County Hospital

Prevention of Future Deaths report – Brian Button https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/brian-button/

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