clipped from: www.telegraph.co.uk The former boss of the hospital trust at the centre of Britain's worst superbug outbreak has begun a legal claim for a bigger pay-off, it has emerged.
But Ms Gibb has lodged papers at the High Court rejecting the sum and claiming tens of thousands of pounds extra. She refused to disclose how much she was seeking but denied a report that she wanted her full £250,000 severance package.
She left her job by mutual consent last October after a report by the Healthcare Commission stated that poor hygiene standards directly caused 90 deaths from C diff and contributed to a further 241 over a two-year period. More than 1,100 people were infected in what was described as Britain's worst outbreak.
It found that a shortage of nurses meant wards and washing facilities were filthy.
Tony Charlton, 63, of Mayfield, East Sussex, whose mother-in-law Florrie Field, 86, was among the victims, said: "I'm astounded. How can she do this after all the misery?