Deaths At Gosport Hospital

EDM number 773 in 2010-12, proposed by Stephen Lloyd on 16/09/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Death and Health services.

That this House notes with dismay the recent decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute any individual doctor, nurse or manager for unlawful killing at Gosport War Memorial Hospital; condemns the delay, lack of co-ordination and ineffectiveness by the regulatory agencies, particularly the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence, in their inability to apportion responsibility for failings in the care of frail, vulnerable and elderly patients in the care of the NHS; considers the aforementioned in light of the deaths of 92 patients having occurred in unusual circumstances at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Portsmouth, between 1996 and 2000; further notes the findings made by the General Medical Council that the clinical assistant, Dr Jane Barton, was guilty of multiple counts of serious professional misconduct; further notes a damning report in 2002 by the Commission for Healthcare Improvement and 10 inquests establishing that patients had died as a result of inappropriate treatment; further notes the ambiguous circumstances in the majority of cases, the failure of the relevant authorities to hold any person or persons properly to account, the lack of evidence of lessons having been learnt to protect patients in the future and the lack of public confidence in the hospital; and calls on the Secretary of State for Health to launch an independent public inquiry with powers to establish the facts and analyse medical evidence in order to achieve the aims of patient safety and accountability.

This motion has been signed by a total of 2 MPs.