7 / 1 8 ▁but ▁a ▁def ic it ▁of ▁£ 8 . 8 ▁million ▁after ▁non - oper ating ▁costs ▁( fin ancing ▁costs ▁and ▁gain ▁on ▁asset ▁sales ) ▁were ▁taken ▁in ▁to ▁account . ▁ ▁A ▁report ▁by ▁Maz ars ▁for ▁N HS ▁England ▁looked ▁at ▁all ▁ 1 0 , 3 0 6 ▁death s ▁at ▁the ▁trust ▁between ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁and ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁draft ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁report ▁le aked ▁to ▁the ▁BBC , ▁ 1 , 4 5 4 ▁of ▁these ▁death s ▁were ▁unexpected , ▁and ▁only ▁ 1 9 5 ▁were ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁serious ▁incident ▁requiring ▁investigation . ▁ ▁The ▁reports ▁were ▁critic ised ▁for ▁being ▁late ▁and ▁of ▁poor ▁quality . ▁ ▁Very ▁few ▁death s ▁of ▁people ▁with ▁learning ▁dis ability ▁or ▁de ment ia ▁were ▁investig ated ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁little ▁family ▁invol vement . ▁Southern ▁Health ▁accepts ▁that ▁its ▁investig ations ▁needed ▁to ▁improve , ▁but ▁disput es ▁the ▁report ' s ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁data . ▁The ▁trust ▁maintain s ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁an ▁out lier ▁in ▁respect ▁of ▁any ▁mort ality ▁indic ators ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁investig ated ▁the ▁death s ▁which ▁were ▁its ▁responsibility . ▁ 1 4 3 ▁death s ▁were ▁suic ide ▁or ▁sus pected ▁suic ide ▁- ▁compar able ▁with ▁other ▁similar ▁trust s . ▁The ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁death s ▁were ▁of ▁patients ▁for ▁whose ▁care ▁the ▁trust ▁was