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Stoke Rochford Hall

Hotel management repeatedly ignored Improvement Notices

17th March 2020
Owner must pay £220k for multiple safety breaches
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Suspended sentences for bosses who ignored consultants' advice over Legionella risk

27th November 2019
Two men who ran a plastics manufacturing firm in Birmingham have been sentenced to serve 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, after a court heard they ignored concerns raised over Legionella bacteria in a cooling tower at their business premises.
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Kenneth Ibbetson

Bupa wins appeal over £3m Legionnaire's fine

17th October 2019
Private care provider Bupa has won an appeal against a £3m fine over the death of a pensioner at a nursing home.
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Tetras: the new system set to revolutionise water management

19th July 2019
It’s a familiar scene: shelves, bookcases, cabinets crammed with paper in Facilities and Estates departments across the country. This is how most hospitals organise their water hygiene, and, while it’s a comprehensive record, it can quickly become ineffective.
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A water cooling tower at Faltec Europe's factory

Court of Appeal slashes £420k from Faltec’s legionella outbreak fine

2nd April 2019
Car parts manufacturer Faltec Europe, which was fined £1.6m over an explosion and an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that left five people seriously ill, has had its fine reduced on appeal.
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Council pays £27,000 over Legionnaires’ case that put leisure centre users at significant risk

10th December 2018
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which launched an investigation into the incident at Walton Lifestyles in Walton-on-the-Naze in November 2016, identified a failure in the council's system for managing the risk of legionella. Colchester Magistrates' Court was told that the regular user of the centre's facilities, fell seriously ill and was taken to hospital where he remained for 18 days. He was diagnosed with Legionnaires' Disease, sepsis, pneumonia and chronic kidney failure.
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Essex council faces prosecution over Legionnaires’ case

13th November 2018
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation in November 2016 after the visitor to the Walton-on-the-Naze Lifestyles centre fell ill and was hospitalised. Tests showed the showers and fitness room at the council-owned complex contained legionella bacteria, the BBC reported at the time. Ian Davidson, chief executive of Tendring District Council, confirmed that the local authority is to be prosecuted, but said its systems for managing the risk of legionella have been upgraded since the incident.
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Charges dropped against three out of five firms linked to fatal legionella outbreak

25th July 2018
 The case against whisky producer North British Distillery, legionella risk assessment service provider Pera Services and water management firm Chemtech Consultancy has ended after not guilty pleas were accepted.
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Hotel fined for legionella and asbestos failings

3rd July 2018
Bremwell, which operates the Rose and Crown Hotel had previously admitted five safety and health offences.Environmental health officers from Colchester Borough Council originally visited the Rose and Crown on 30 January 2017 after a guest received an electric shock from a damaged iron cable. During the investigation they found 43 other safety and health issues that needed attention.
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Bupa fined £3m over care home resident’s Legionnaires' disease death

15th June 2018
Bupa Care Homes failed to implement measures to control and monitor the hot and cold water systems at the Hutton Village Nursing Home in Brentwood during refurbishment works, Ipswich Crown Court was told.
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