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Hit squads of patients will help inspect hospitals, health chiefs will announce today.
Professor Sir Mike Richards, the new chief inspector of hospitals, wants a ?small army? of people with past experience of the NHS in a radical shake-up of the way trusts are monitored.
The aim is to identify failing hospitals much more quickly in a bid to prevent another scandal like at Stafford Hospital where hundreds died due to neglect and abuse.
Hit squads made up of patients, carers, doctors and nurses will formally assess every hospital in England.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-hit-squads-patients-inspect-2060776
Professor Sir Mike Richards, the new chief inspector of hospitals, wants a ?small army? of people with past experience of the NHS in a radical shake-up of the way trusts are monitored.
The aim is to identify failing hospitals much more quickly in a bid to prevent another scandal like at Stafford Hospital where hundreds died due to neglect and abuse.
Hit squads made up of patients, carers, doctors and nurses will formally assess every hospital in England.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-hit-squads-patients-inspect-2060776