"A dead body at Worthing Hospital mortuary was seen from a public footpath after staff left open a fire door during the heatwave, inspectors have found
The mortuary is on the ground floor of the North Wing and inspectors said when the door was left open this provided a 'a direct line of sight from a publicly accessible footpath'
Inspectors said staff were not consistently following standard procedures and found three identifying factors were not routinely checked against details shared by families."
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First seen: 2026-09-15 ·
Last seen: 2026-09-15 ·
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