This week saw the investigation begin into death rates at Basildon University Hospital. The Hospital is being inspected as part of the Keogh Review into potential failings at 14 hospital trusts after the inquiry at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
Basildon University Hospital had 3,186 deaths between between April 2010 and April 2012. Between October 2010 and October 2012, there were 544 more deaths than expected. About 200 families have taken legal action against the hospital so far.
Dan Chapple founded campaign group Cure the NHS Basildon in March after the death from a brain haemorrhage of his mother, whom he says was not diagnosed in time. The Campaigners have met with inspectors this week to discuss the problems. Chapple has said: "I am not trying to villainise everyone at the hospital, I am trying to bring out the people who are bad and hopefully put an end to it."
Basildon Hospital has assured the public that a great deal of work has already taken place and more is under way to achieve consistently high standards of care, including the introduction of a trust-wide quality and safety turnaround programme.
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Source: BBC News
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MY NAME IS FREDK.D.COTTER I HAD A COMPANY ON THE ESTATE CALLED PARAMOUNT FURNITURE, AO NO THE AREA WELL,I ATTENDED BASILDON HOSPITAL ABOUT 45 YEARS AGO WITH A SHATTERED LEFT ARM, AND SAW SO CALLED THE SO CALLED TOP SPECIALIST WHO PUT IN A TITANIUM BAR, FOR SIX MONTHS HE LIED AND MISLEAD ME, ABOUT GETTING BETTER, UNTIL LUCKILY I HAD AN INSURANCE Paying me a very small amount because of the accident required me to see the specialist at SOUTHEND HOSPITAL, I DID AND RESLISING HE HAD NO NEED TO TELL ME THE PROBLEM WAITED UNTILL HE GOT X RAYS ETC, ANF FOR HIM TO COME OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE i THEN ASKED WHY oi HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE! I QUOTE HIS WORDS" YOUR BONES HAVE NOT BEEN JOINED TOGETHER AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE OPERATION YOU WILL LOOSE YOUR ARM" THIS WAS A THURSDAY MORNING I ASKED CAN YOU DO IT? HE SAID YES COME IN SATURDAY WHERE HE THEN TOOK SOME BONE FROM MY HIP AND REJOINED IT ALL, IT RECOVERED IN WEEKS, THE SPECIALIST AT BASILDON LIED FOR 6 MONTHS, AS ANY ONE WHO KNOWS ME IN BASILDON I DO NOT SUFFER FOOLS GLADLY, I WENT TO THE BASILDON AFTER THURSDAY MEETING AND LUCKILY FOR HIM THER SO CALLED SPECIALIST WAS NOT THERE, HIS ASSISTANCE WAS, AND SAID I WAS WRONG, HE GOT THE X RAYS OUT AND EXAMINED THEM! AND SAW MY BONES NOT EVEN TOUCHING, WELL BY NOW I WAS IN THE MOOD TO DECK HIM AS WELL, THEY GOT ME INTO THE SMALL ROOM IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM TO QUIETEN ME DOWN, BUT BASILDON INCOMPETENCE IS NOT JUST A A RECENT THING, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, I WONDER HOW MANY DIED? FROM THIS!
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