The former Health Secretary fails to propose any way in which patients and their families can stop thinking of themselves as supplicants.
It is not merely money that is wasted. It is spending which diminishes the amount of scrutiny that might otherwise occur.
Wasted money, silenced whistleblowers and scandal upon scandal are the record of the “party of the NHS”.
Now Labour should do the right thing in Wales, where they run the health service.
“Polly Toynbee hasn’t written about me for six months…Mind you, if you write that, there will be a stinker of an article.”
As Labour claim that only they can be trusted with the NHS, we reproduce extracts from the statement of the son of a Mid-Staffs patient.
As Labour claim that only they can be trusted with the NHS, we reproduce extracts from the statement of the brother-in-law of a Mid-Staffs patient.
As Labour claim that only they can be trusted with the NHS, we reproduce extracts from the statement of the daughter of a patient treated at Mid Staffordshire Hospital in 2005.
Individuals must be held account. It is the least we owe the relatives and patients. But we should be precise and forensic in focusing on areas where further reforms can make the most impact.