What happened at Gosport hospital?

A 2018 inquiry found that hundreds of patients at the hospital in Hampshire had their lives shortened through use of opioids. coroner has opened the inquests of four patients who died at scandal-hit Gosport War Memorial Hospital which is being investigated over the care of hundreds of people.

Why is there a war memorial in Gosport?

Early history. The hospital was built as a memorial to members of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry based at Forton Barracks who had died in the First World War. Its foundation stone was laid by Field Marshal Earl Haig on 3 July 1921.

What is the Gosport inquiry?

An inquiry found 456 patients died after being given opiates at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1987 and 2001, but no charges have been brought. An independent investigation, led by Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, is reviewing millions of pages of evidence.

Where is Dr Jane Barton now?

I am Dr Jane Barton of the Forton Medical Centre, White’s Place, Gosport Hampshire. I am a Registered Medical Practitioner and qualified in 1972 at Oxford University with the degrees MA, BM BCh.

What happened at Mid Staffordshire Hospital?

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.

Who is Dr Jane Barton?

Dr Jane Barton – dubbed Dr Opiate – was held responsible for policies which led to the deaths of hundreds patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital while she worked there between 1988 and 2000.

What was the Francis enquiry?

The Francis Inquiry report was published on 6 February 2013 and examined the causes of the failings in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 2005 and 2009.

What is Francis enquiry?

The document stated: “The inquiry chairman, Robert Francis QC, concluded that patients were routinely neglected by a trust that was preoccupied with cost cutting, targets and processes and which lost sight of its fundamental responsibility to provide safe care.”

What did the Francis Inquiry 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 did the Francis Inquiry result in?

What was the Francis Enquiry?

What happened in the Mid Staffordshire Inquiry?

In 2009, a report by the Healthcare Commission laid bare the problems at Stafford, which was run by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. The regulator condemned “appalling” standards of care and reported there had been at least 400 more deaths than expected between 2005 and 2008.