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The government will likely be partly blamed for the deaths of hundreds of patients who were given opioid drugs at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital. Wednesday’s inquiry is expected to condemn authorities not acting earlier.
A four-year inquiry has reviewed the deaths of 833 elderly patients and is expected to reveal how many were routinely prescribed opioid drugs by their doctor Jane Barton. As well as doctors, their assistants and the wider authorities who failed to act on early reports of wrongdoings, are expected to be blamed.
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A previous inquest into ten deaths at the hospital in 2009 found Dr Barton’s prescription contributed “more than minimally” to five deaths, with three of those not receiving “appropriate” medication for their symptoms.While in 2010 the General Medical Council panel found the doctor was guilty of “serious misconduct” and of putting her patients’ life at stake.The high numbers of deaths at the facility were noted amid concerns that a “culture of …
A four-year inquiry has reviewed the deaths of 833 elderly patients and is expected to reveal how many were routinely prescribed opioid drugs by their doctor Jane Barton. As well as doctors, their assistants and the wider authorities who failed to act on early reports of wrongdoings, are expected to be blamed.
Read more
A previous inquest into ten deaths at the hospital in 2009 found Dr Barton’s prescription contributed “more than minimally” to five deaths, with three of those not receiving “appropriate” medication for their symptoms.While in 2010 the General Medical Council panel found the doctor was guilty of “serious misconduct” and of putting her patients’ life at stake.The high numbers of deaths at the facility were noted amid concerns that a “culture of …