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Bodies found in 'advanced deterioration' at under-fire trust
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- PA Media Image caption, NUH, which runs the Queen's Medical Centre, said it was "truly sorry" for not meeting the standards expected of it
- Eight bodies have been found in a state of "advanced deterioration" in the mortuary of an NHS trust, after hospitals ran out of freezer space.
- An inspection of the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham by the regulator, the Human Tissue Authority, also found insufficient identity checks meant there was a risk of the wrong bodies being released to families.
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PA Media Image caption, NUH, which runs the Queen's Medical Centre, said it was "truly sorry" for not meeting the standards expected of it
Eight bodies have been found in a state of "advanced deterioration" in the mortuary of an NHS trust, after hospitals ran out of freezer space.
An inspection of the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham by the regulator, the Human Tissue Authority, also found insufficient identity checks meant there was a risk of the wrong bodies being released to families.
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