Overview

• The out-of-court payouts follow a group civil claim brought by families represented by Irwin Mitchell.
• According to the firm, three patients died and six continue to face serious complications after diagnoses between July 2019 and August 2022.
• Royal Papworth says it complied with relevant regulations, completed an internal investigation, and applied lessons as national rules were updated.
• Inquests in 2022 found that transplant patients Karen Starling and Anne Martinez contracted the infections within the hospital.
• The trust says its clinicians are now leading research into M. abscessus and intend to share findings with other organisations.