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Videos can use content-based copyright law contains reasonable use Fair Use ( The scandal at Stafford Hospital is one of the most horrific marks on the NHS, with hundreds of patients dying within its walls – and now it’s being played out in haunting Channel 4 drama, The Cure. Occurring between 2005 and 2008, the standard of care at the hospital reached new lows as abuse and negligence became commonplace as staff shortages and budget cuts were plied pressure on staff to meet targets. As a result, the actual care within the hospital declined, to such extreme measures that patients were left wailing in pain, with patients being dropped and left without oxygen. NHS campaigner Julie Bailey finally blew the whistle on the hospital, revealing the extent of the troubles at the hospital following the death of her mum in 2007. Bella went in for a hernia operation before developing heart complications while on the wards, causing her to stay longer than expected before passing away. The Cure will be told through her eyes, with Sian Brooke playing Julie and Sue Johnston playing, Bella. A report by the Healthcare Commission in 2009 labelled the care at Stafford Hospital, provided by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, as ‘appalling’ with expected deaths reaching 400 over the typical numbers. The inquiry into the hospital facilities saw 160 witnesses come forward about the standards of care over the two years that followed after Julie blew the whistle. Sir Robert Francis QC, speaking in a February 2013 report, stated: ‘This is a story of appalling and unnecessary suffering of hundreds of people. ‘They were failed by a system which ignored the warning signs and put corporate self-interest and cost control ahead of patients and their safety.’ In 2014, the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust was dissolved, with Stafford Hospital taken over by a new provider. In March that year, Julie Bailey was awarded a CBE for her services to the care of older people, and she’s now running a new activism group called Cure The NHS to stop this happening again. The Cure airs tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
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