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Mid-Staffordshire scandal: day of reckoning beckons
The Francis inquiry report into the scandal at Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust will soon be published – but will those held responsible be held to account?
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Jeremy Hunt calls for staff who contributed to the poor standards of care at Stafford Hospital to be struck off.
Five other hospital trusts are to be investigated in the wake of the public inquiry into failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
As Robert Francis QC publishes a long-awaited report into failings at the Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals Trust, Channel 4 News answers some of the key questions on the scandal.
The Francis inquiry report into the scandal at Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust will soon be published – but will those held responsible be held to account?
The public inquiry into care standards in Mid Staffordshire delivers its report shortly. Channel 4 News describes how events there touched even those at the top of the NHS.
A report revealing that death rates at 12 NHS hospital trusts are above expected levels warns that there could be “another mid-Staffs” as demand for care rises while standards fall.
Bad news for the newly installed health ministers from the Royal College of Physicians which warns in a report that patient care is threatened by hospitals under strain.
As the government announces a full public inquiry into Stafford hospital, the daughter of someone who died at the hospital tells Channel 4 News she hopes it will “rip apart” NHS secrecy.
Why did a host of regulators and official bodies fail to notice the appalling conditions at Stafford hospital?
A criminal investigation begins into the death of a woman at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announces.
Ahead of a new report into what happened at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital, repeated denials by NHS bosses that they knew what was going on are cast into doubt by evidence shown to Channel 4 News.
An independent inquiry into standards of care at Stafford hospital has found that patients were “routinely neglected” by an NHS trust that was preoccupied with cost-cutting, targets and processes.
Mid-Staffs NHS trust became a byword for neglectful, inhumane care. And with a trashed reputation, and an £11m deficit, turning it around is no longer an option.
For the first time ever, more women than men have been honoured in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. Awardees include actress Penelope Keith, cleaners and an NHS whistleblower.
The much-criticised Mid Staffs NHS trust faces an unlimited fine after admitting breaching health and safety laws over the death of a diabetic patient who was not given insulin.