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Mid Staffordshire NHS trust

  • 23 Mar 2013
    Sacrifice or change? The NHS and health after Mid Staffs

    A change of heart, procedure, policy and resources is needed to make health for all a priority in Britain, says Savitri Hensman, looking at the lessons that need to be learned from Mid Staffs and beyond.

  • 8 Mar 2013
    Health Secretary dangerously misses Mid Staffs point

    UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has attacked mediocre hospitals that “cruise along” rather than striving for “world class levels of excellence”. He referred to Mid Staffordshire, where failings led to unnecessary suffering and death.

  • 18 Feb 2013
    Bishops say marketisation of NHS has gone too far

    The marketisation of the health service "has gone too far", two Church of England bishops have suggested, following the latest scandal.

  • 7 Feb 2013
    Mid Staffordshire – change culture, don’t just scapegoat or restructure

    A report on why Mid Staffordshire hospital failings went unchecked for so long makes important points. Robert Francis QC, who led the inquiry, avoided the temptation to blame all that went wrong on a few people who could then be punished, or call for yet another round of reorganisation. Instead he revealed disturbing flaws in the culture of the NHS and other agencies linked with health and social care.