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Bill Cash MP calls on Government for a full independent inquiry on Mid Staffs NHS Foundation Trust so bereaved can make greater contribution than “tell their stories”

 Press release 16/12/09

Bill Cash had written to Health Minister, Mike O’Brien MP, on 3rd December putting forward concerns raised by the Cure the NHS campaign group relating to Dr. Robson’s independent casenote reviews, asserting that the situation “is very serious” and urged the Minister to push for a full and independent inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005.
 
Mike O’Brien replied, insisting that the current inquiry “is providing the opportunity for patients, families and staff to tell their stories.” His letter stated:
"I am pleased that the Inquiry we announced in July is providing the opportunity for patients, families and staff to tell their stories and I look forward to the conclusions of Robert Francis, which will mark a further step in learning the lessons of this distressing episode. I have repeated several times that if there is a need for a public inquiry with its powers of compulsion of witnesses, Ministers will consider any request from Robert Francis."
 
Mr. Cash said, “Although it is certainly the case that those who have suffered, or bereaving and who have lost loved ones do have the opportunity to tell their stories in this setting, we ought to be doing more than that. The hospital ought to be learning real and practical lessons otherwise it is not a real inquiry. Proper lessons are not going to be learned because we need an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, under which we can learn of greater and systemic failures and how they can be fixed for the long term.”


Bill Cash MP gets Shadow Front Bench to put down Early Day Motion for an independent inquiry on Mid Staffs NHS Foundation Trust

Press release 16/06/2009

Bill Cash MP drafted an Early Day Motion (1667) calling for an independent inquiry, which appears in the name of the Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley. It has been signed by 122 MPs to date. It is identical to the previous Early Day Motion on this issue, except that this one calls on the new Secretary of State for Health, Andy Burnham MP to initiate an independent inquiry.

The Early Day Motion (EDM) reads as follows: 
  
That this House notes the appointment of a new Secretary of State for Health; and calls on him to initiate an independent inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 into the failings of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
 


Bill Cash MP requests meeting with Chairman of Stafford Hospital inquiry

Press release 24/07/09 

Bill Cash has asked Mr. Robert Francis QC for a meeting to discuss the procedure which would be followed at the inquiry. Bill Cash has continuously called for a 2005 Act inquiry if the problems at Stafford Hospital have not been resolved by the time of the next General Election. Mr. Cash has stated that the inquiry which has been set up is a step in the right direction but has expressed his concern about the terms of reference.

Mr. Cash is seeking a discussion with the Chairman of the Inquiry regarding the procedure to be followed, in order to maximise the opportunity to look at the issue of governance and accountability in respect of past performance of the statutory authorities and those involved in the decision-making process as well as victims and the bereaved.
 
He notes that the Secretary of State as agreed with Bill Cash that an upgrade to a 2005 Act inquiry, in order to compel witnesses on oath and the production of papers, has not been ruled out and therefore a discussion with the Chairman of the inquiry to determine the procedure to be followed with Bill Cash and others is important in order to identify the way forward when Mr. Francis has had an opportunity to consider all aspects of and the nature of the inquiry.


Bill Cash MP responds to Dr Foster's new hospital safety guide

Press release 30/11/09

 
Following the release of Dr Foster's new hospital safety guide, Bill Cash said:
 
“When I first called for a full public inquiry and for the recognition of the failures at Stafford Hospital, it was clear that the situation reflected a larger problem in regulatory arrangements and that the failures were not merely isolated to Stafford Hospital. It is clear that other hospitals should not have been given Foundation Trust status.
 
“As the Cure the NHS group have mentioned, I do not see the protests ending until all NHS acute trusts implement a zero harm approach and successfully deliver that approach.
 
“On the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust situation, I raised many regulatory concerns with the Secretary of State relating to the Care Quality Commission, the Healthcare Commission and Monitor.
 
“The critical problem is self-assessment – which the Healthcare Commission report on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust criticised – at the root of many other problems. It is about time everyone began concentrating on this challenge. It was clear from early investigations into Stafford Hospital that it was Government policy to revert to local assessment, rather than external assessment.
 
“It is hardly surprising that hospitals are receiving plaudits because one of the key problems, apart from lack of efficiency and care, is the question of self-assessment. It is totally ridiculous that hospitals assess themselves as part of the regulatory process in this way.”
 
“It is about time that the Secretary of State woke up and acted on the questions I raised in Parliament.”


Bill Cash MP says independent inquiry over Mid Staffs NHS is a “major step forward” with reservations over terms of reference

Press release 21/07/09       

Bill Cash MP said “The granting of an independent inquiry is a major step forward. The independent inquiry that I have fought for, and I was the first in Parliament to call for, has been granted.
 
“However, there are a number of reservations and I will certainly represent those victims or families of the bereaved who feel that the inquiry process does not adequately deal with their case. We will have to see how it works.
 
“Furthermore, will the inquiry provide real lessons for the target-driven National Health Service as a whole? The terms of reference have not made that clear. We will have to see how the inquiry works."





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