What Happened To Mid Staffordshire?

Responding in the House of Commons, then-Prime Minister David Cameron apologised to the families of patients. In 2014, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt backed calls to close down Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The trust ceased to provide services on 2 November 2014 and has been formally dissolved.

What caused the Mid Staffordshire scandal?

In March 2009 a report from the Healthcare Commission found the standard of care at Mid Staffordshire was “appalling.” An independent inquiry, chaired by Robert Francis, reported in February 2010 that failures in patient safety and care were caused by inadequate training of staff, staff cutbacks, and overemphasis on

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. You can find this story in My Bookmarks.

What happened after the Mid Staffordshire scandal?

On 15 May 2009, Yeates resigned. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Alan Johnson apologised to those who suffered at the hospital. In response to the scandal, the mortality rates of all National Health Service hospitals have been made accessible on a website.

Why was Mid Staffordshire hospital investigated?

The first inquiry
In 2007, concerns were raised about the Trust’s mortality rate as compared with other similar trusts. Then in April 2008 the HCC launched an investigation into the Trust, following what it regarded as a concerning reaction by the Trust to the mortality statistics and number of complaints.

What happened at Mid Staffordshire NHS?

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.

How many people died in mid staffs?

In his statement to the inquiry, Professor Brian Jarman, who devised the HSMR, argued that the figure of between 400 and 1200 “excess deaths” at Mid Staffs was not one that he recognised.

What type of abuse happened at Stafford Hospital?

It was the biggest scandal of NHS care in years. Several hundred, possibly as many as 1,200, patients died at Stafford Hospital between 2005 and 2009 after suffering neglect, indignity and shoddy care. Understaffing meant the hospital’s A&E unit often posed a risk to patients’ safety.

Who is Helene Donnelly?

Helene Donnelly qualified in 2002 and became a nurse practitioner in the emergency department at Stafford Hospital in 2005. After becoming increasingly concerned about poor patient care, she raised more than 100 complaints and was a key witness at the inquiry into failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

What did the Francis report find?

The inquiry focussed on failings within the trust itself and concluded that patients were routinely neglected by a trust which lost sight of its fundamental responsibility to provide safe care.

What has happened since the Francis report?

The Health Secretary highlighted a number of changes since the Francis Inquiry, including: An extra 2,400 hospital nurses hired since the Francis report, with over 3,300 more nurses working on NHS hospital wards and 6,000 more clinical staff overall since May 2010.

How many patients died Francis report?

A draft copy of the report is leaked to a national newspaper. It includes a figure for the expected number of deaths due to poor care of 400 to 1,200 between 2005 and 2008. The report focusses national attention on the trust and the families of victims begin a campaign for a full public inquiry.

What did the NHS do after the Francis report?

The government has now responded to the recommendations of the Francis Inquiry in Hard Truths: the journey to putting patients first. It includes recommendations for improving patient involvement in their care, increased transparency, changes to regulation and inspection.

What are the failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust reported in 2013?

patients not given ready access to food and water. chronic staff shortages. failure in the leadership of the hospital. a culture in which staff members who had concerns about failures in care were discouraged from speaking out.

What was the Winterbourne scandal?

On 31 May 2011, a BBC Panorama programme exposed serious failings and abuse of people with learning disabilities and autism at the Winterbourne View care home. Owned by Castlebeck Care Ltd, Winterbourne View was an independent sector hospital that took NHS-funded patients.

When did Stafford hospital close?

The new Stafford District General Hospital, (built on the site of the old Coton Hill hospital) on the Weston Road was officially opened on June 5th 1983, and worked in tandem with the old S.G.I. until its closure in 1996.

What did the Francis report say about nurses?

The first Francis report, published in 2010, listed historic understaffing of nurses as one of a number of reasons for poor care. It also highlighted a bullying culture at the trust and said that senior managers were in denial about the extent of the problems there.

What happened in the NHS in the 1980s?

The longest-ever industrial dispute yet experienced in the NHS began in 1982 when 13 health service unions who were seeking a uniform 12% pay rise, rejected a pay award that would have given nurses a 6.4% increase with just 4% going to all other workers.

Where is Mid Staffordshire hospital?

Stafford
The Mid Staffordshire Trust is made up of two hospitals barely 10 miles apart in the town of Stafford, just north of Birmingham in the West Midlands.

How many people died during 1911?

380
The 1911 Eastern North America heat wave was an 11-day severe heat wave that killed at least 380 people though estimates have put the death toll as high as 2,000 people.
1911 Eastern North America heat wave.

How many people died in Northern Ireland 2016?

597,206
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