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NHS ward manager sentenced and trust fined more than £500,000 over death of patient
North East London NHS Foundation Trust fined £565,000 and ward manager Benjamin Aninakwa sentenced for failures leading to patient Alice Figueiredo’s suicide after repeated self-harm incidents.
- On Tuesday, NELFT was fined £565,000 and £200,000 costs after an Old Bailey trial found it guilty of failing to protect a patient's safety. The trust denied wrongdoing.
- During her time on the ward, accessible plastic remained available despite prior incidents, and staff records showed Alice Figueiredo used toilet plastic to self-harm on at least 10 previous occasions.
- Ward manager Benjamin Aninakwa, 54, was convicted of failing to take reasonable care and sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 12 months, plus 300 hours of unpaid work.
- Alice’s mother Jane Figueiredo, former hospital chaplain, told the court the death had an immeasurable impact and caused her to lose her job, while the family said North East London NHS Foundation Trust treated their concerns with dismissive contempt.
- Earlier legal proceedings included a collapsed corporate manslaughter trial and the court process cleared the trust of corporate manslaughter while the ward manager was found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence.
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Hospital ward manager convicted after 'preventable' suicide of girl
Benjamin Aninakwa, 54, was found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence
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Woman who 'predicted her own death' dies in hospital as NHS manager sentenced
Alice Figueiredo, 22, was found dead on a ward at Goodmayes Hospital in east London in July 2015 after suffering from bipolar disorder and an eating disorder - an inquest later ruled she had taken her own life
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