This report is the result of a public inquiry into the commissioning,
supervisory and regulatory bodies in the monitoring of Mid
Staffordshire hospital between January 2005 and March 2009. Following
the earlier NHS inquiry in 2010, this report considers why the serious
problems at the trust were not identified and acted on sooner, and
identifies important lessons to be learnt for the future of patient
care. It makes 290 recommendations designed to change the culture of
care in the NHS; strengthen leadership; and improve openness and
transparency.
Further reading
- The King's Fund - The Francis Inquiry: creating the right culture of care
- The Francis Inquiry - Storify
Reactions and responses
- Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
- Action Against Medical Accidents
- Age UK
- Alzheimer's Society
- British Medical Association
- British Prime Minister's Office
- Care Quality Commission
- Carers UK
- Centre for Innovation in Health Management
- Department of Health
- Foundation Trust Network
- General Medical Council
- General Pharmaceutical Council
- The Health Foundation
- Health Service Ombudsman
- Help the Hospices
- House of Commons Health Select Committee
- Institute of Healthcare Management
- The King's Fund
- Local Government Association
- Macmillan Cancer Care
- Marie Curie Cancer Care
- Monitor
- National Council for Palliative Care
- Nursing & Midwifery Council
- National Voices
- NAVCA
- NHS Alliance
- NHS Commissioning Board
- NHS Confederation
- The Nuffield Trust
- The Patients Association
- Reform
- Royal College of General Practioners
- Royal College of Midwives
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Royal College of Physicians
- Royal College of Surgeons
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Queen's Nursing Institute
- Skills for Care
- TUC
- UK Faculty of Public Health
- Unite
