Victoria Macdonald
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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Hunt: Strike off those responsible for Stafford scandal
Jeremy Hunt calls for staff who contributed to the poor standards of care at Stafford Hospital to be struck off.
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Further NHS hospital trusts face investigation
Five other hospital trusts are to be investigated in the wake of the public inquiry into failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
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Mid Staffordshire scandal – the key questions
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.
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Victoria Macdonald
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Mid Staffordshire health scandal: a question of trust
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.
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NHS hospitals ‘full to bursting’, report warns
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.
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Victoria Macdonald
Acute hospitals on the brink of collapse
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.
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Stafford inquiry could ‘rip apart’ NHS secrecy
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.
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Reform calls after damning Stafford report
Why did a host of regulators and official bodies fail to notice the appalling conditions at Stafford hospital?
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Mid Staffs: new investigation launched
A criminal investigation begins into the death of a woman at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announces.
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Mid Staffs scandal: did NHS bosses know what was going on?
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.
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Mid Staffs ‘routinely neglected’ patients
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.
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Victoria Macdonald
Jeremy Hunt breaks up Mid Staffs Foundation Trust
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.
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Honours List: More women than men for first time ever
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.
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NHS trust admits safety failings over patient death
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.
