Mid Staffordshire Inquiry Archives

19 November 2013

Fiddling with figures a crime

It will become a criminal offence for NHS care providers and senior managers to submit misleading data, under plans released

7 February 2013

NHS CB tries to spot further Mid Staffs’

The NHS Commissioning Board has ordered an immediate inquiry into the five hospitals that show up as outliers on the

6 February 2013

It’s big, but is it clever?

Robert Francis’ final report into the Mid Staffordshire scandal is huge, but will its impact be in proportion to its

6 February 2013

Francis call for standards backed by law

Robert Francis QC has called for the publication of a list of fundamental standards defining basic NHS care at the

6 February 2013

Francis calls for records and open data

Robert Francis QC has backed investment in electronic patient records and the wider publication of NHS data at the end

6 February 2013

Indicators and placards

The Mid Staffs scandal has already left one legacy, in the form of a new mortality indicator for the NHS.