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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS MoD censured for failing pupils' safety  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) could face a personal injury claim after a pupil at a Royal Navy school suffered a fractured spine. A 15-year-old girl, from the Royal Hospital School in Holbrook, Suffolk, which is owned by the Royal Navy's charity the Greenwich Hospital, fell six metres in an uncontrolled descent from the top of a climbing wall. She spent two weeks in hospital and had to wear a body cast for several weeks after the accident. The MoD accepted a censure from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as the Crown Body has immunity from prosecution in a criminal court. In accepting the censure on behalf of the MoD, the school admitted that the equipment and procedures for climbing walls were inadequate to ensure the safety of pupils. HSE divisional director Heather Bryant said: "[The] HSE recognises that climbing walls can play an important part in the education of young people - and encourages schools to provide them - but it is essential that they follow industry guidance to ensure that pupils are not exposed to unnecessary risks." Posted by Georgina Price 
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