What happened in the Mid Staffordshire inquiry?
What is the Mid Staffs scandal? A disputed estimate [see footnote] suggested that between 400 and 1,200 patients died as a result of poor care over the 50 months between January 2005 and March 2009 at Stafford hospital, a small district general hospital in Staffordshire.
What was the result of the Mid Staffordshire scandal?
The hospital was run by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, and supervised by the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority. It has been renamed County Hospital. The scandal also resulted in the resignation of NHS Chief Sir David Nicholson in 2013.
What was the Francis report about?
The Francis Report was published based on a public inquiry into poor care at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The report examined what led to poor standards of care at the hospital, unnecessary patient deaths and why the warning signs of serious failings were not recognised.
What happened to Julie Bailey?
Why Julie began her campaign… The 86-year-old’s surgery was a success but she sadly died of heart-failure and a lung problem after an eight-week stay on the wards when problems arose during her aftercare.
Is Mid Staffordshire hospital still open?
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust was dissolved and the hospital is now run by a new trust, the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.
What is the Francis Enquiry?
What does the Mid Staffs report mean for the NHS?
The report being published on 6 February 2013 of the public inquiry chaired by Robert Francis QC will be the fifth official report into the scandal since 2009, and Francis’s second into the hospital’s failings. The often horrifying evidence that has emerged means “Mid Staffs” has become a byword for NHS care at its most negligent.
What happened to Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust?
1 In the time period looked at by the Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust was awarded Foundation Trust status and changed its name to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Where is the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry house?
3 Letter to the Secretary of State Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry Skipton House Room 204A 80 London Road London SE1 6LH The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP Secretary of State for Health Richmond House 79 Whitehall London SW1A 2NS 5 February 2013 Dear Secretary of State Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry
What was the Stafford report 2010?
His first report, published in February 2010, was an independent report under the NHS Act rather than a full-blown public inquiry. It examined the quality of care at Stafford hospital in 2005-09 and the many reasons why it was so bad, such as inadequate staffing, and produced devastating conclusions.