Stafford hospital patients died due to NHS failings, inquiry told | Society | guardian.co.uk
Stafford hospital patients died due to NHS failings, inquiry told | Society | guardian.co.uk: "Patients suffered and died unnecessarily during a hospital 'disaster' because NHS bosses and groups failed to step in, the chairman of the public inquiry into the scandal said today.
Robert Francis QC pledged to identify those responsible for events at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2009, where between 400 and 1,200 patients are believed to have died as a direct result of 'appalling' care.
Francis made clear at this morning's opening session that he would conduct a thorough and searching inquiry into why organisations that were meant to be supervising the quality of treatment at the hospital fell down in that task.
In March, Francis's first inquiry – and the fourth overall – painted a picture of a hospital where sub-standard care meant patients were 'routinely neglected', endured 'unimaginable' distress and suffering, and were left 'sobbing and humiliated' by staff."
Robert Francis QC pledged to identify those responsible for events at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2009, where between 400 and 1,200 patients are believed to have died as a direct result of 'appalling' care.
Francis made clear at this morning's opening session that he would conduct a thorough and searching inquiry into why organisations that were meant to be supervising the quality of treatment at the hospital fell down in that task.
In March, Francis's first inquiry – and the fourth overall – painted a picture of a hospital where sub-standard care meant patients were 'routinely neglected', endured 'unimaginable' distress and suffering, and were left 'sobbing and humiliated' by staff."
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