Jeremy Hunt is currently giving a statement to the House on today’s independent report investigating a hospital in Morecambe Bay. It found:

• 11 unnecessary deaths at Furness general hospital between 2004 and 2013
• “a culture of denial, collusion and incompetence”
• maternity unit was “seriously dysfunctional”
• midwives behaviour so reckless they were nicknamed “the musketeers”
• “a series of failures at almost every level”
• “clear evidence of distortion of the truth in responses to investigation”
• “inexcusable” and “unprofessional” collusion by staff
• “repeated failures to be honest and open with patients, relatives and others raising concerns. The trust was not honest and open with external bodies or the public”

The report concludes: “Today, the name of Morecambe Bay has been added to a roll of dishonoured NHS names that stretches from Ely hospital to Mid Staffordshire”. It was not a one-off…