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Feb 5 5 tweets 3 min read
Tomorrow marks 10 years since the Mid Staffs public inquiry report was published.

I asked Sir Robert Francis KC to sit down with me to discuss the NHS today and his reflections a decade on from his report... #MidStaffs 🧵 1/5
But is the NHS culture better than #MidStaffs era now? 2/5
His biggest concern is for the way NHS staff are being treated and the effect on patients #MidStaffs 3/5
Francis says he still believes the voice of nursing is weak and he thinks regulation of managers is needed #MidStaffs 4/5
Finally, I asked Francis about the tsunami of anger he warned could overwhelm the NHS. He says public anger will come as the crisis deepens but it will be politicians who will feel the brunt of it #MidStaffs 5/5

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More from @ShaunLintern

Jan 8
🚨 EXC: Chair of Mid Staffs inquiry, Sir Robert Francis KC warns @SteveBarclay: "What we are witnessing across the NHS is the Mid Staffs scandal playing out on a national level, if not worse.”

Comes amid plans to block buy care beds to free up hospitals
thetimes.co.uk/article/8892ee…
Hundreds of patients were abused and neglected at Stafford Hospital between 2005 & 2009, with many elderly patients left lying in their own faeces, unable to eat or drink and suffering falls or going without essential medication. A&E was described as "immune to the sound of pain"
Sir Robert Francis and @rachelpower222 saild the current situation was a "disaster" and people were dying needlessly. They called on the government to declare a national incident: thetimes.co.uk/article/8892ee…
Read 4 tweets
Jan 7
🚨 Exclusive: "The poor patient was deceased and had been for some hours...How awful it must be, being alone, calling for help and nobody comes until it’s too late.”

My big read on the NHS this week as UK excess deaths is among the highest in Europe:
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-is…
My colleague @RachelLavin has taken an in-depth look at UK and EU excess deaths - something other than Covid and flu is driving our deaths higher than most other countries. @ActuaryByDay believes it is the NHS crisis:
“I’m absolutely convinced the NHS crisis, the healthcare failure, is an absolutely pivotal part of the UK story. Successive governments for decades have always run the NHS quite ‘hot’ with high bed occupancy rates and shortages of staff" - @ActuaryByDay
Read 8 tweets
Jan 1
🚨 Exclusive: Hospitals across the country are reporting shortages of portable oxygen cylinders as the sheer number of patients in "grossly overcrowded" A&Es has soared:
thetimes.co.uk/article/d55b3f…
The Sunday Times has been told of problems across the country, including in Surrey, where GPs were told in a leaked message from Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board that hospital mortuaries in the area were nearing capacity thetimes.co.uk/article/d55b3f…
The Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership told staff hospitals were so busy “there is a real possibility we will need to erect tents in hospital grounds”. It appealed for staff willing to take on extra work to come forward: thetimes.co.uk/article/d55b3f…
Read 10 tweets
Dec 31, 2022
While I wait for The Sunday Times to be put to bed...2022 has been a busy year. Here are just some of my specific stories that I think worthy of noting as we had into the #NewYear
1) First up from Feb is this story where we revealed the fact midwifery staffing was going into reverse for the first time with serious concerns about care and maternity units closing 323 times in 2020-21
2) Then in March, we had this interview with the @MidwivesRCM chief which certainly made waves as we headed towards the publication of the Shrewsbury and Telford report:
Read 12 tweets
Dec 31, 2022
🚨 Extreme pressure at @WalsallHcareNHS has seen all teaching for doctors cancelled next week - the trust has also told staff it is seeing its worst ever pressures in A&E:
Yesterday @RCHTWeCare declared a critical incident saying its region was seeing "considerable strain" on services:
Unfortunately, I have seen several messages sent to NHS staff from directors of comms and other managers, deploring the fact staff have leaked data or critical incident emails to me. Some claim such leaks may make the situation worse. NHS transparency as opaque as usual!
Read 5 tweets
Dec 30, 2022
🚨 @UHDBTrust declared a critical incident last night - cancelling all meetings and training to ensure clinical staff "are on wards and patient facing"
Hospitals in Leicester have declared a critical incident due to "high levels of patient attendance" bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
🚨 @UHNM_NHS has declared a critical incident and warns of waits longer than 12 hours in A&E: uhnm.nhs.uk/latest-uhnm-ne…
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