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Gosport hospital deaths: Police launch new inquiry | Gosport hospital deaths: Police launch new inquiry |
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A new criminal investigation is to take place into the deaths of hundreds of patients who were given "dangerous" levels of painkillers at a hospital. | A new criminal investigation is to take place into the deaths of hundreds of patients who were given "dangerous" levels of painkillers at a hospital. |
An inquiry found 456 patients died after being given opiate drugs at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1989 and 2000. | An inquiry found 456 patients died after being given opiate drugs at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1989 and 2000. |
A review has since been carried out by Kent and Essex Police to assess if there was "sufficient new evidence". | A review has since been carried out by Kent and Essex Police to assess if there was "sufficient new evidence". |
Relatives have been told a "full investigation" will begin. | Relatives have been told a "full investigation" will begin. |
Three previous investigations into 92 of the deaths by Hampshire Constabulary resulted in no charges being brought. | Three previous investigations into 92 of the deaths by Hampshire Constabulary resulted in no charges being brought. |
Assistant Chief Constable Nick Downing, head of serious crime at Kent and Essex Police, met relatives at a meeting in Fareham. | Assistant Chief Constable Nick Downing, head of serious crime at Kent and Essex Police, met relatives at a meeting in Fareham. |
He said he hoped the investigation would be "some comfort" to them. | He said he hoped the investigation would be "some comfort" to them. |
He said: "This investigation is not about numbers, it is about people - specifically those who died at the hospital and the loved ones they have left behind. | He said: "This investigation is not about numbers, it is about people - specifically those who died at the hospital and the loved ones they have left behind. |
"This is a highly complex and emotive case that some family members have been living with for more than 30 years, and I would like to thank them for their continuing patience and understanding during this process." | "This is a highly complex and emotive case that some family members have been living with for more than 30 years, and I would like to thank them for their continuing patience and understanding during this process." |
He said police would be meeting families individually to collect statements on their relatives' experiences of the hospital. | He said police would be meeting families individually to collect statements on their relatives' experiences of the hospital. |
Ian Sandford, whose mother died in Gosport, was among relatives at the meeting. | |
He said: "Frustration doesn't even come near. They should have sorted this out a long time ago. | |
"All I want to hear is a good result." | |
The Gosport Independent Review Panel report, published in June 2018, found there was a "disregard for human life" at the hospital. | |
It also found an "institutionalised regime" of prescribing and administering amounts of opiate medication that were not clinically justified. | |
The report said the quality of previous police investigations had been "consistently poor". | |
It found whistleblowers and families were ignored as they attempted to raise concerns about the administration of medication on the wards, which was overseen by Dr Jane Barton. | It found whistleblowers and families were ignored as they attempted to raise concerns about the administration of medication on the wards, which was overseen by Dr Jane Barton. |
Dr Barton retired after being found guilty by a medical panel of failings in her care of 12 patients at Gosport between 1996 and 1999. | Dr Barton retired after being found guilty by a medical panel of failings in her care of 12 patients at Gosport between 1996 and 1999. |