C-DIFF BOSS pounds 175K SNUB.

Byline: LAURIE HANNA

A SHAMED NHS chief who quit after two superbug scandals led to the deaths of 270 patients in her trust lost her fight for a pounds 250,000 pay-off yesterday.

Rose Gibb resigned from her pounds 150,000-a-year job just days before a scathing report blasted filthy wards for Britain's worst C-diff scandal.

She was paid pounds 75,000 of an agreed pounds 250,000 settlement from local health chiefs but the Department of Health froze the rest. Yesterday she lost her battle to be paid the remaining pounds 175,000 from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust in Kent after a High Court ruling.

Ex-Bucks Fizz singer Cheryl Baker, 55, whose mum-in-law Doreen Ford, 77, died from C-diff while having chemotherapy, said: "Rose Gibb didn't deserve a penny. She got off scot-free and never took any of the blame for such an appalling tragedy." Tony Charlton, whose mother-in-law Florrie Field, 86, also died, added: "Although she wasn't the only one who created those terrible conditions, she was the leader and has to take responsibility." The outbreaks three years ago claimed 90 patients' lives and hastened the deaths of 180 others.

Ms Gibb, of Cobham, Kent, claimed the NHS unjustly enriched itself at her expense. Glenn Douglas, chief of the Kent trust, said: "We welcome the court's decision."

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