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| Gosport War Memorial Hospital deaths inquiry announced | |
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| The suspicious deaths of dozens of patients at a hospital will be the subject of an inquiry, the government has announced. | |
| A review into the deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital in Hampshire between 1988 and 2000 was published last year, 10 years after it was completed. | A review into the deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital in Hampshire between 1988 and 2000 was published last year, 10 years after it was completed. |
| It found "almost routine use of opiates" had "almost certainly" shortened the lives of some patients. | |
| The inquiry was announced by Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb. | |
| It will be led by the former Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, who has already begun work with the affected families. | |
| Mr Jones previously chaired the Hillsborough Independent Panel. | |
| Mr Lamb said the investigation was expected to take about two years and would review the evidence held by a number of organisations. | |
| The 2013 report, led by Prof Richard Baker of Leicester University, could not be published earlier because of police investigations and inquests taking place. | The 2013 report, led by Prof Richard Baker of Leicester University, could not be published earlier because of police investigations and inquests taking place. |
| The document said it could not be ruled out that, without the use of morphine and diamorphine, a small number of the patients who died, could have been discharged from hospital alive. | The document said it could not be ruled out that, without the use of morphine and diamorphine, a small number of the patients who died, could have been discharged from hospital alive. |
| In a written ministerial statement, Mr Lamb said families had continued to raise concerns about the care of the relatives and the subsequent investigations into the deaths. | |
| He said the independent panel would address those concerns. | |
| The terms of reference for the review will be published in the autumn. | |
| 'Pain-killing injections' | |
| Mr Lamb said: "The events at Gosport War Memorial Hospital have caused immense distress to the families of the patients who died. | |
| "I was deeply concerned by the findings of the Baker report, and I am confident that the appointment of Bishop James Jones to chair this independent process will help answer the many questions of the families affected by these shocking events." | |
| Concerns were first raised about the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust hospital in 1998. | Concerns were first raised about the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust hospital in 1998. |
| The report found the practice of making patients "comfortable" using pain-killing injections was used as early as 1988. | The report found the practice of making patients "comfortable" using pain-killing injections was used as early as 1988. |
| Several police investigations, NHS inquiries and, latterly inquests, were conducted into the deaths of elderly patients at the hospital. | Several police investigations, NHS inquiries and, latterly inquests, were conducted into the deaths of elderly patients at the hospital. |
| A police investigation was held into the deaths of 92 patients but no criminal prosecutions were brought. | A police investigation was held into the deaths of 92 patients but no criminal prosecutions were brought. |