Nurses were knowingly overworked, inquest told
Thursday 20th May 2010, 11:29AM BST.
Bosses at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust knowingly overworked their staff and failed to train them properly, it was claimed at an inquest.
The inquest in Telford on Francis Steele, 89, heard from a nursing expert who said managers also failed to deal with staff who were struggling to cope with the workload.
Mr Steele, of Lower Netchwood, Ditton Priors near Bridgnorth, died two weeks after falling out of bed in November 2007, after staff failed to put a second rail on his bed, the inquest has previously been told.
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