Neglect at Brithdir nursing home in south Wales contributed to deaths of five residents, inquest rules

Managers at a scandal-hit nursing home “dehumanised” and “warehoused” vulnerable residents, a coroner who has overseen an inquest into the deaths of six men and women has said.

The assistant coroner for Gwent, Geraint Williams, accused the owners and staff at the Brithdir nursing home in New Tredegar, south Wales of a “gross betrayal of the trust” placed in them by relatives of those in their care.

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