Patient safety

Burnham defends decision on Mid Staffs' FT application

By 2011-09-07T13:27:00

Andy Burnham, former health secretary

Source: Neil O'Connor

Former health secretary Andy Burnham has defended his decision to back Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s Monitor application, blaming the system for failing to pick up problems at the trust sooner.

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