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| More hospitals facing Savile checks | |
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| A further 19 hospitals are to be investigated over links to serial sex attacker Jimmy Savile, the government has confirmed. | |
| Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he expected reports examining visits by the late DJ to those hospitals to be delivered by next June. | |
| It brings the total number of hospitals under investigation to 32. | |
| Savile is believed to have abused hundreds of victims. | |
| The former BBC presenter of Top Of The Pops and Jim'll Fix It died aged 84 in October 2011 - a year before allegations that he had sexually abused children were broadcast in an ITV documentary. | |
| The revelations prompted hundreds of victims to come forward, including those who said they were attacked at a number of institutions. | |
| Inquiries into Savile's alleged abuse of patients at NHS hospitals had originally focused on Broadmoor and Stoke Mandeville and Leeds General Infirmary, with a further 10 trusts added in January. | |
| 'Further investigation' | |
| The latest inquiries follow investigations by the Metropolitan Police after information emerged about potential victims at a further 19 hospitals. | |
| In a written statement, Mr Hunt said that Kate Lampard - a former barrister asked to oversee the Department of Health's investigations into Savile - would ensure the inquiries were properly carried out. | |
| "The information has been passed on to the relevant hospital trust for further investigation as appropriate," Mr Hunt said. | |
| "Names of the hospitals are taken from the information received. These include hospitals that may have closed in which case the information has been passed on to the legacy organisation." | |
| Mr Hunt said that he expected final reports by June next year, with publication "sooner if that is possible". | |
| The hospitals to be investigated are Barnet General Hospital, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, De La Pole Hospital, Dryburn Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Leavesden Secure Mental Hospital, Marsden Hospital, Maudsley Hospital, North Manchester General Hospital, Odstock Hospital, Pinderfields Hospital, Prestwich Psychiatric Hospital, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Royal Free Hospital, London, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, St Mary's Hospital, Carshalton, Whitby Memorial Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital. |