Stafford Hospital Trust 'Should Be Dissolved'

Scandal Hit History Of NHS Trust

Updated: 3:33pm UK, Wednesday 31 July 2013

Here is a timeline of how events unfolded at the scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

:: November 2007

Grief-stricken Julie Bailey creates the Cure the NHS campaign group following the death of her mother Bella, at Staffordshire General Hospital.

:: February 2008

Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, which runs Stafford Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital, is awarded foundation trust status - a supposed marker of excellence in the NHS.

:: May 2008

Health watchdog the Healthcare Commission launches an investigation into high death rates at the trust.

:: March 2009

Trust chief executive Martin Yeates and chairman Toni Brisby resign days before a Healthcare Commission report reveals that between 400 and 1,200 more people died than would have been expected at the trust between April 2005 and March 2008.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologises to families caught up in the scandal.

:: April 2009

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) takes over responsibility from the Healthcare Commission as health regulator for England.

:: June 2009

Andy Burnham replaces Alan Johnson as health secretary in a cabinet reshuffle.

:: July 2009

The CQC publishes its first progress report into Stafford Hospital.

Mr Burnham announces a second independent inquiry, chaired by Robert Francis QC, into what went wrong at the trust.

:: September 2009

The second independent inquiry into failures of care at the hospital publishes terms of reference, but Cure the NHS claims it will not go far enough.

:: October 2009

The Conservatives say they will order a full public inquiry if they win the next election.

:: November 2009

The inquiry formally opens, but the hearings are held in private.

:: February 2010

Bereaved families from Cure the NHS attack the "secretive" inquiry and protest outside the Department of Health, calling for the resignation of Mr Burnham.

Later in the month the report from the independent inquiry is published. It concludes that patients were "routinely neglected" at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

The trust was preoccupied with cost-cutting and targets, and lost sight of its responsibility to provide safe care, the report says.

:: March 2010

It emerges that the independent inquiry cost more than £1.7m to conduct.

:: May 2010

The Conservatives win the general election and Andrew Lansley becomes Health Secretary.

:: June 2010

Prime Minister David Cameron announces a public inquiry will be held into the failings at Stafford Hospital.

:: July 2010

Chairman of the public inquiry, Mr Francis, pledges to discover why "appalling" standards of patient care were not discovered sooner.

He says the inquiry will also attempt to establish the role of supervisory and regulatory bodies in events at Stafford Hospital.

:: October 2010

The CQC says Mid Staffs is still falling short on 11 key standards set out by law to maintain quality and safety in hospitals.

:: November 2010

The inquiry hearings begin on Monday November 8, but proceedings are delayed when a bereaved relative stages a protest. In its opening statement to the inquiry, Cure the NHS claims the care offered by the hospital was so poor it infringed patients' human rights.

Ms Bailey tells the inquiry about the treatment of her mother, and adds that she still has "huge concerns" about the treatment of vulnerable patients.

:: October 2011

The CQC issues a warning to the trust after it finds low staffing levels could compromise patient safety.

:: December 2011

The trust announces that Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency department will close at night for three months due to staff shortages.

The closure coincides with the end of the 139-day public inquiry which heard from 164 witnesses, with an additional 87 witness statements and 39 "provisional statements".

:: September 2012

Foundation trust regulator Monitor says experts are to be called in at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust to put it back on a viable financial footing.

Mr Francis announces that the report from the inquiry, which was due to be delivered in October, will be delayed.

Jeremy Hunt is appointed Health Secretary.

:: December 2012

Lawyers reveal the trust has paid out more than £1m in compensation for "inhumane and degrading" treatment of patients.

:: January 2013

An independent investigation of the trust, conducted on behalf of Monitor, concludes the trust is "clinically and financially unsustainable" and will not be able to provide safe care on a sustainable basis in the future.

:: February 2013

NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar predicts the release of the report will be "one of the darkest days" in the history of the NHS.

The bill for the public inquiry reaches £13m.

The Francis Report highlights the "appalling and unnecessary suffering of hundreds of people" between 2005 and 2009.

The inquiry chairman makes a total of 290 sweeping recommendations for healthcare regulators, providers and the Government in his 1,782 page report, which attacks local health authorities and the trust board but does not blame any one individual or organisation for the "disaster" at Stafford Hospital.

Mr Cameron apologises for the "truly dreadful" mistreatment and neglect at the trust, he also introduces a raft of changes - including creating the role of Chief Inspector of Hospitals.

Ms Bailey calls for the resignation of NHS boss Sir David Nicholson - who was in charge of the regional health authority responsible for the trust for a short period while patients were being mistreated.

It emerges that police and prosecutors are examining new evidence about the scandal at Stafford Hospital that could lead to criminal charges.

The Prime Minister says that Sir David should not be used as a "scapegoat" for the scandal. Other political leaders including Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and shadow health secretary Mr Burnham also back the embattled NHS boss.

Cure the NHS campaigners stage a protest outside an NHS Commissioning Board - now known as NHS England - meeting in Manchester where the board backs Sir David.

Monitor announces it is considering putting the trust into special administration.

:: March 2013

Sir David tells the Health Select Committee that he is "absolutely determined" to stay in his job, despite calls for his resignation.

The Government responds to Mr Francis's report, making a number of sweeping changes to the health service including; the introduction of Ofsted-style ratings for hospitals, a national barring list for failing NHS managers and a legal duty of candour. Mr Hunt says the events at Mid Staffordshire were a "betrayal of the worst kind" to patients and their families.

:: April 2013

The Health and Safety Executive says that it has begun a criminal investigation into the death of a woman at Stafford Hospital. Gillian Astbury died after slipping into a diabetic coma at the hospital in 2007.

Monitor announces that trust special administrators will take charge of the trust from April 16.

Support Stafford Hospital campaigners stage a demonstration protesting against any changes to the trust.

Stafford Borough Council refers former chief executive Martin Yeates and chairwoman Toni Brisby to the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations of misconduct. Councillors accuse the pair of misconduct in public office by knowingly giving false and misleading evidence relating to death rates to the council's statutory overview and scrutiny committee.

:: May 2013

Sir David announces that he will retire from his role as NHS England chief executive in March 2014.

It emerges that he will leave his post with a pension pot of more than £1.9 million.

:: June 2013

Sir David says "becoming the story" after the publication of the Francis report contributed to his decision to retire.

A review of deaths at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust by police and other officials has identified 200 to 300 cases where neglect might have contributed to the death.

The special administrators charged with working out how to deliver long-term healthcare at a troubled hospital trust are given more time to come up with a blueprint days before it was due to be published.

:: July 2013

The administrators publish their recommendations for the future of the trust. They said that the troubled trust should be dissolved and that critical care, maternity and paediatric services at Stafford Hospital should be cut.

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