Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

Let me take the right hon. Gentleman’s points in turn. First, he will know, because this is what ...

I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for his statement and commitment. A culture o...

That is the central change in culture that we need throughout the NHS. I pay tribute to my hon. F...

I am grateful for the kind words about the report from the Secretary of State and from my right h...

I congratulate the right hon. Lady on the extremely good report that she produced. I hope she wil...

Did my right hon. Friend hear my constituent, Debra Hazeldine, this morning on the “Today” progra...

I did not hear Deb Hazeldine this morning, but I have met her on a number of occasions, and she i...

Does the Secretary of State not agree that the horrors of Mid Staffs were taking place at the sam...

We have to wait and see, but we have put in place a radical, tough new Ofsted-style inspection re...

I commend my right hon. Friend for the thoughtful and thorough way in which he has conducted the ...

My right hon. Friend, as so often, speaks wisely. This is probably the boldest step towards trans...

We need total candour with regard to avoidable deaths. The only way to determine that is through ...

I do not have the results in front of me, but I am happy to supply them. I want to take up the ri...

I very much welcome the introduction of a statutory duty of candour, something the Minister of St...

We will absolutely do that. We are in the process of a very big consultation to ensure that we ge...

What happened at Mid Staffordshire must never be allowed to happen again, but given that safe sta...

As the hon. Lady knows, we are going through a process at the moment and the trust special admini...

I warmly welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, which will help health professionals to get ...

That is a very good point. I will take it away and look at whether that will be possible, because...

I, too, welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and the observations made by my right hon. Fri...

We want to ensure that no hospitals are penalised and that we end up with a solution for the whol...

The improved transparency and increased accountability will do much to right the wrongs of the pa...

We are looking at improving care for people in all age groups, but we started the focus on the ov...

The College of Emergency Medicine has consistently called for an increase in emergency doctors, b...

I met the College of Emergency Medicine yesterday to discuss those issues, among others. We have ...

Frank and Janet Robinson’s son John died in 2006 as a result of failings at Stafford hospital. Th...

I agree with my hon. Friend. I hope that he will be encouraged by today’s announcement, because i...

The Secretary of State is right to highlight the need for fundamental culture change, but it is s...

I absolutely want to encourage that. I know that the right hon. Lady has campaigned a great deal ...

The Cavendish review found too many instances of health care assistants being badly treated and m...

It is really important that we value the work of some of the lowest-paid people in hospitals who ...

The Secretary of State has spoken about staffing levels, which will be of the greatest interest t...

We have set up a new inspection regime with a new chief inspector of hospitals under the Care Qua...

We now know that poor care was allowed to continue at Mid Staffs because staff were simply too af...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. These problems of high mortality rates date back very many ye...

Having spent nine years as a lay member of the General Medical Council and five years chairing th...

All I can say to the right hon. Gentleman is that Robert Francis himself stated this morning that...

An essential part of being a medical professional is to exhibit a compassionate and caring approa...

The biggest assurance that patients will have is that the definition of success as regards how th...

The Secretary of State will be aware of people’s disappointment that there is still no proper sys...

Hear, hear.

Never has the hon. Lady spoken with so much support from this side of the House—I do not wish to ...

Will the package of reforms and the greater accountability put into effect as a result of the Mid...

Absolutely, because this is a package designed to deal with all avoidable harm, and hospital-acqu...

Although health is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the culture and its consequences id...

I am very happy to share any of the lessons we have learned, but I do so from a position of humil...

The Government’s position on the publication at ward level of safe registered nurse staffing leve...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point, because in an era of transparency we depend on hones...

There is a great deal to welcome in the Secretary of State’s statement, not least with regard to ...

I have concerns about how much that service is used. My particular concern is not so much whether...

I remind my right hon. Friend that the Public Administration Committee is conducting an inquiry i...

We have avoided setting up a new structure or body in our response to the recommendations made by...

The Secretary of State will agree that the ethos and culture of any organisation start at the top...

The hon. Gentleman is right that reporting back about complaints to board level is a fundamental ...

My A and E department has seen a massive 30% increase in patient throughput in recent years and a...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to focus on those pressures. We have been thinking about this ...

The Secretary of State just said that Salford Royal hospital is one of the best hospitals in the ...

We have based our recommendation today precisely on what Salford Royal does. It uses the kind of ...

The Secretary of State will know that Medway Maritime hospital in my constituency had the seventh...

Our intention is that the maximum period when a hospital is put into special measures should neve...

The Secretary of State said that it is impossible to deliver safe care without a safe staffing le...

The funding formula is decided independently, and no final decision has been made. The decision w...

Some 14% of the entire NHS budget goes on complaints relating to injury compensation. Of that, a ...

My hon. Friend is right that it is absolutely shocking that we spend more than £1 billion a year ...

I welcome the proposal on legal sanctions for those found guilty of wilful neglect. In south Wale...

Absolutely. The Minister of State, Department of Health, who has responsibility for care services...

To my mind, the issue is about patients having confidence in their local hospital. What can we do...

This is the heart of the change that we are making this year. My hon. Friend and I know exactly h...

I was struck by the Secretary of State saying that cruelty became normal in the NHS. I do not agr...

We have had a very bipartisan discussion this afternoon, so I am slightly disappointed that the h...

Will my right hon. Friend confirm that never again will Ministers duck their responsibility to be...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is incredibly important that Ministers never, whether deli...

Out of Francis has come Keogh, which is leading to seven-day working and more doctors and nurses ...

That is absolutely vital. I have been to the A and E department in George Eliot hospital, and rep...

Will my right hon. Friend give more details about how we can stop bad leaders and bad providers f...

The change will absolutely extend to ambulance trusts. I know that my hon. Friend has had experie...

There has always been a professional duty on medical professionals to advise patients when errors...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. True culture change is incredibly difficult to achieve unless...

I am sure that my constituents will welcome what the Secretary of State has said about transparen...

Absolutely. It is a sign of great confidence when a hospital is open about things that have gone ...

I thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House and making such a detailed statement. I se...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend. That is why I hope that what we have announced today will br...