A coroner has warned more deaths could occur at a mental health hospital where three people died from choking on food.
Ravi Sidhu has written to Prospect Park Hospital in Reading with concerns about staff communication, training, and the care of patients at risk of choking.
It comes after evidence in a patient’s inquest raised “matters of concern”.
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Read MoreA hospital where three patients died from choking-related incidents also dealt with three similar, but non-fatal, cases.
The deaths at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading were publicised following a watchdog inspection, but the trust has now confirmed the three further cases.
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Read MoreA three day inquest at Reading Town Hall has started into the death of Anne Roberts.
A mental health patient was warned to sit up moments before she choked to death on a slice of chocolate cake, an inquest has heard.
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