In March 2009, the Healthcare Commission published a horrifying report into the care and treatment being provided at Stafford Hospital. It was estimated that between 400 to 1200 people had died unnecessarily due to the “appalling” standards of care provided at the Hospital and detailed many stories of patient abuse and neglect.
Within days of this publication Leigh Day & Co Solicitors was instructed by local residents as well as Cure the NHS, the local campaigning group that had been formed by Julie Bailey after she lost her mother at Stafford Hospital, to commence legal proceedings:
(1) On behalf of individual patients and/or their relatives for negligence and/or breach of their human rights and,
(2) To challenge the refusal by the government to hold a full, public inquiry into the why things had gone so tragically wrong at the Stafford Hospital/Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
For more information about the judicial review/inquiries please click
here or contact
Rosa Curling on 020 7650 1200.
For more information about the individual claims please contact
Emma Jones on 020 7650 1200.
News
Robert Frances QC has warned public anger will not be assuaged if patients cannot be protected
Leigh Day & Co have announced they are launching a group action on behalf of families and widows of patients allegedly subjected to “appalling and humiliating” treatment at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital.
The official Inquiry into the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has ended
The healthcare regulator is facing strong criticism as the Department of Health investigates the CQC’s work
Accident & Emergency Department at Stafford Hospital at centre of warning
£1m in compensation for Stafford families
Apology and compensation for families affected by Mid-Staffordshire ill-treatment
The Secretary of Health has announced a full public inquiry for Stafford Hospital
Concerns raised by Care Quality Commission over Stafford and Milton Keynes hospitals
Failings at Staffordshire Hospital lead to second inquiry
Report reveals unacceptable standards of care and hygiene in Basildon hospital
Richard Stein is representing Cure the NHS at the inquiry into failings at Stafford Hospital
Damning report on substandard care in the NHS published by Patients Association
Lawyers at Leigh Day spoke at a public meeting in Stafford on 5 May 2009