Police gather evidence to see if hospitals are guilty of manslaughter

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- By JOEL MOORE

DETECTIVES are “gathering evidence” in a corporate manslaughter investigation into Nottingham hospitals, launched after hundreds of deaths and injuries in their maternity wards.

Nottinghamshire Police started the probe into Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), which runs the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital, last summer, focusing on whether the organisation had caused deaths through “grossly negligent” management.

It is one of two strands of Operation Perth, which began in 2024 and is also investigating whether any staff were responsible for gross negligence manslaughter.

Providing an update on Saturday, Temporary Deputy Chief Constable Rob Griffin said detectives are now gathering evidence in relation to the corporate manslaughter probe.

“Previously we have been gathering information in order to help us make an assessment of cases, but we have now started to gather actual evidence,” he said.