The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have charged Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust after an investigation into the deaths of four elderly patients under its care.
Prosecutions will focus upon the deaths of Lillian Tucker, Ivy Bun, Edith Bourne and Patrick Daly who died whilst being treated at Stafford Hospital between 2005 and 2014.
Wayne Owen, HSE Principal Inspector said: ''We have concluded our investigation into the death of four patients at Stafford Hospital and have decided there is sufficient evidence and it is in public interest to bring criminal proceedings in this case.''
The Trust will face four separate charges under breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
Trust special administrator for the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, Tim Rideout, said he has been working jointly with the HSE and is ''committed to bringing matters to a conclusion as efficiently and effectively as possible in the best interest of the families concerned.''
The Trust now only existing as a legal entity as it no longer provides any patient care, is due to appear before Stafford Magistrates' Court on 4 November 2015.
