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Preventable deaths in private hospitals

A distorted BBC Panorama investigation using coroner reports

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Dr Georgia Richards
Apr 10, 2024
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On Monday 8 April, BBC’s Panorama reported on several deaths and patient safety concerns that occurred in private hospitals run by Spire Healthcare.

The BBC explored coroners’ Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs) and they requested data from the Preventable Deaths Tracker to conduct this analysis. Yet again, there was no acknowledgement of the Trac…

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