10/07/2014

Govt Announce New Review Of Hospital Deaths

The government has announced an official inquiry into the suspicious deaths of patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital over a period of 12 years.

A review was conducted into dozens of deaths at the hospital between 1988 and 2000, but was only published in 2013, some 10 years after it was completed.

Care and Support minister Norman Lamb announced that inquiry, which will be led by the the former Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones.

Mr Jones previously chaired the Hillsborough Independent Panel.

The new inquiry is expected to take around two years, and will include a review of the press report and evidence thought to held by a number of organisation.

(MH/CD)

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