From Ann

 Daily Telegraph 6.2.21  “HOSPITAL SCANDAL NEEDS HILLSBOROUGH-STYLE INQUESTS”

The families of hospital patients who died after suffering neglect & receiving ‘dangerous’ levels of powerful painkillers have called for Hillsborough-style inquests into their deaths.  456 people had their lives cut short & another 200 were ‘probably’ given drugs without medical justification at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1987 & 2001.  Lawyers for 5 families have now submitted a request for judge-led hearings into the deaths of their loved ones, after an independent review found there was a “disregard for human life” at the Hampshire hospital.  The Gosport Independent Panel report, published in 2018, revealed how patients viewed as a “nuisance” were given opiates via syringe drivers, often resulting in their deaths within days.  Some were given medication by Dr Jane Barton, who was found guilty by General Medical Council of failing in her care towards 12 patients.  The Attorney General is carrying out a review of the application after lawyers representing families, said wide-ranging inquests were needed.  Among those calling for inquests is the family of Dulcie Middleton, 86, who died in 2001.  Her daughter said “Nobody should go into hospital & end up in the state she did.  She was neglected & suffered terrible treatment.”

No one person could, not without other staff knowing, do this.

Not all NHS care is benevolent