BUPA ordered to pay over £1m for fire safety failings following death of care home resident

A care home business run by private health care provider, BUPA, has been fined a record £1.04m after a resident died in a fire while smoking at one of its care homes.

BUPA Care Services (ANS) Ltd was fined £937,500 for fire safety failings and ordered to pay £104,000 prosecution costs at Southwark Crown Court on 5^th January 2021.