HC-One fined £640,000 resident chokes to death
The 65-year-old resident at Orchard Care Home in Clackmannanshire, Scotland choked on a doughnut & died.
The woman, who had been assessed as at risk of choking, was on a specialist diet and should have not been given the doughnut, Falkirk Sheriff Court found.
The woman choked and died despite efforts by care home staff and paramedics to remove the food.
The Crown Office said she had repeatedly been offered sandwiches from the snack trolley putting her health at risk.
HC-One pleaded guilty to failings under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.