WHY THE SLOG’S SOURCES IN STAFFORDSHIRE SAID YESTERDAY THAT BURNHAM’S HOSPITAL REPORT WAS A WASTE OF TIME


Both the Telegraph and the Mail report that nobody has been censured or punished as a result of the Staffordshire Hospital Massacre.

The Torygraph in particular writes entirely accurately that

‘…The man who ran the hospital trust received a large pay-off despite his part in the scandal. Martin Yeates, the former chief executive, left the trust “by mutual agreement” with a pay-off of £400,000 and a pension worth £1.27 million, it has been alleged.

While this is a disgrace of eye-watering proportions, it will seem as little or nothing once more people learn of the social care abuse and negligence still being gagged by the judiciary.

The Slog identified Staffordshire as a social disaster waiting to happen in mid 2008. More revelations will (gagging orders willing) follow shortly.

Related Slog links: Barbara’s Story
Ed Balls, Twitterati Supremo
The Slog’s exclusive yesterday on the Stafford Report