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Unanswered questions over Mid-Staffs
Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board, refuses to be filmed over questions over failing health care at Mid-Staffs NHS.
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The scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire trust is to be prosecuted over the death of Gillian Astbury in 2007. But Julie Bailey of Cure the NHS tells Channel 4 News it is “too little, too late”.
Up to 13,000 people have died needlessly in 14 NHS trusts across England since 2005, a damning report from NHS medical director Bruce Keogh is expected to say this week.
Healthcare assistants do jobs which should be done by doctors and nurses, such as inserting intravenous drips, without having to take formal training, a review has found.
NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson, who has come under fire for alleged failings when he led the Mid-Stafforshire NHS trust, is to retire next year.
David Cameron says most people agree that would-be nurses should spend time as a healthcare assistant before starting their training, after a union leader calls the reforms a “stupid idea”.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlines changes following the Mid Staffs scandal, with the NHS expected to be honest about mistakes and nurses forced to work as healthcare assistants.
Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board, refuses to be filmed over questions over failing health care at Mid-Staffs NHS.
Sir David Nicholson, who presided over the scandal at the Mid Staffordshire hospital, tells MPs he is “absolutely determined” to lead NHS health reforms despite calls for him to resign.
The report into the Mid Staffordshire care scandal says hundreds of patients were exposed to risk because of systemic failings “at every level”, but stops short of laying blame at individuals.
Is there a cover-up under way over the 400 extra deaths at the Stafford Hospital? The NHS has accepted that at least 400 more people died at the hospital between 2005 and 2008 than would be normal.
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