The Scandal
Key Players
Investigations
Aftermath
NHS Structure
100

The time period during which the scandal occurred at Stafford Hospital

January 2005 - March 2009

100

The NHS Foundation Trust responsible for running Stafford Hospital

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

100

The first organization to become aware of high death rates at Stafford Hospital

The Healthcare Commission (HCC)

100

The new name given to Stafford Hospital after the scandal

County Hospital

100

The government department responsible for the National Health Service

The Department of Health 

200

The main risk event that occurred at Stafford Hospital

Failure of care to patients

200

The chief executive of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust who was suspended and later left

Martin Yeates

200

The number of public inquiries led by Robert Francis QC

2

200

The average amount of compensation paid to affected families

11,000

200

The type of trust status Mid Staffordshire applied for, granting more independence

Foundation trust status

300

 The estimated number of excess deaths that may have occurred due to poor care

400 to 1200

300

The chair of the public inquiry into the scandal

Robert Francis QC

300

The year the first Francis report was published, making 18 recommendations

2010

300

The action taken regarding Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust's status

Dissolution and transfer of services to neighboring trusts

300

The amount Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust attempted to save through cost-cutting measures

Ten Million

400

The name of the local pressure group set up by a patient's daughter in 2007

Cure the NHS

400

The regulatory body that suspended and struck off several nurses involved in the scandal

What is the UK nursing regulator

400

The type of inquiry commissioned in June 2010 following the first Francis report

A full public inquiry

400

The change made to accident and emergency provision at Stafford Hospital

Downgrading

400

The organization that supervised Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

The West Midlands Strategic Health Authority