NHS patient safety pledges
Jeremy Hunt has NHS staff could face a new criminal offence of wilful neglect of patients as one of a series of measures adopted by the Health Secretary from the Francis report into the deaths at Stafford Hospital.
Cure the NHS campaigner: 'We are disappointed'
Julie Bailey, whose mother died at Stafford Hospital in 2007, has said she is disappointed with the government's response to the public inquiry into the deaths at the hospital
The Cure the NHS campaigner told ITV News "We are disappointed, we know the NHS has come a long way since 2007 but we don't feel we've got enough here.
"We wanted five key recommendations, just one of those would have done us and that was legal protection for whistleblowers....doctors and nurses have got to feel safe to speak out."
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Hunt pledges NHS will be 'safer and more open'
Measures unveiled in wake of Mid-Staffs scandal
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Hunt outlines plans to restore faith in the NHS
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined the Government's plans to implement the recommendations of the Francis report.