Hospitals 'Should Be Fined for Errors'

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HOSPITALS should be fined if they harm patients, the Government's chief medical officer said yesterday.

Sir Liam Donaldson also suggested that hospitals where patients contracted superbugs could have to pay for any extra treatment.

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Hospitals 'Should Be Fined for Errors'

At the launch of a report by the National Patient Safety Agency, he said: 'Why should ...