Labour launches bid to end NHS 'culture of secrecy' and improve safety following care scandals

Labour launches bid to end NHS 'culture of secrecy' and improve safety following care scandals Labour is to push for key changes to the government’s NHS reforms, with new laws on transparency in the NHS and a demand for safe staffing levels on hospital wards, following a series of scandals relating to failures in patient care.

Amendments to the government’s Health and Care Bill will also include plans for the investigation of stillbirths by medical examiners, and for limits on the power of the health secretary to interfere in investigations. The Independent

See also: 

• NHS On 'Slippery Slope' To Insurance System, Claims Shadow Health Secretary Huffington Post UK
• Ashworth sets out Labour’s prescription for the health of the nation The Independent