Mid staffs inquiry told "name and shame" approach of Dr Foster unhelpful

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Publishing hospital standardised mortality ratios into league tables without establishing how much of the variation between trusts could be blamed on poor care was “irresponsible”, the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has heard.

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