Stafford Hospital: The latest
The very latest on the inquiry into standards of care at Stafford Hospital, where hundreds of patients died needlessly between 2005 and 2009.
The very latest on the inquiry into standards of care at Stafford Hospital, where hundreds of patients died needlessly between 2005 and 2009.
Campaign group Support Stafford Hospital are calling on local medical teams to make decisions reflecting the needs of the local community. They stress that today's announcements are recommendations.
The community must be integral to decision making. We hope that the Secretary of State will remember the 50,000 people who took to the streets of Stafford in April, the 55,000 who signed the petition for the retention of Acute Services and the thousands who marched in September for Children's Services. We hope that he will acknowledge that Stafford Hospital is now in the top 15 of the best performing hospitals in this country.
A look at the key events and players in the Stafford Hospital story.
The future of the Trust which runs Stafford Hospital will be outlined as special administrators publish a draft report on service provision.
Stafford Hospital say they "apologise unreservedly" in a statement following the report into "failings" at the hospital.