NHS 'special measures' have saved hundreds of lives, say experts

NHS 'special measures' have saved hundreds of lives, say experts The NHS’s unprecedented decision to put 11 trusts into special measures is likely to have saved hundreds of lives, experts have said. Death rates fell at the trusts after the 2013 intervention, spearheaded by NHS England’s medical director Sir Bruce Keogh in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire hospital trust scandal. The Independent

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• 'Deaths averted' at failing hospitals BBC News