Revealed: NHS hospitals investigate one in seven deaths of vulnerable patients

Revealed: NHS hospitals investigate one in seven deaths of vulnerable patients Jeremy Hunt urged to investigate after trusts examine just 209 of 1,436 deaths of inpatients with learning disabilities.

Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is facing calls for a nationwide inquiry into the deaths of highly vulnerable patients in NHS care after it emerged that just one in seven such fatalities in hospitals in England have been investigated.

Data released to the Guardian under freedom of information laws show that hospitals in England have investigated just 209 out of 1,436 deaths of inpatients with learning disabilities since 2011. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• NHS fails to investigate 85% of deaths of hospital patients with learning disabilities The Daily Mail
• "No one should have to wait four years for an explanation"  The Guardian
• NHS fails to investigate 85% of deaths of hospital patients with learning disabilities The Independent