3/23 Telegraph Health

NHS compensations scheme earning lawyers millions of pounds March 21, 2009 at 9:04 pm Lawyers are earning tens of millions of pounds from a government scheme intended to win money for victims of medical blunders it has emerged. Staffordshire hospital scandal: the hidden story March 21, 2009 at 7:26 pm Congealed blood was smeared on seats in the patients' waiting area the lavatory floors stank of urine and grime was encrusted on the sinks used by doctors and nurses. Terry Deighton had never seen anything like it. Hospital scandal: missed warnings March 21, 2009 at 5:22 pm The shocking extent of the failures at Stafford Hospital where hundreds of patients died unnecessarily has been disclosed. Heal our Hospitals March 21, 2009 at 5:22 pm The Sunday Telegraph believes the Staffordshire hospital crisis shows that more needs to be done to protect patients and help staff to make the right decisions. Today we launch our campaign Heal Our Hospitals to demand a series of changes that would help prevent it happening again.