A STAGGERING 3,145 patients died needlessly in a year at 26 NHS hospital trusts, it was revealed yesterday.
All the trusts but one had been rated by an official Government watchdog the CQC (Care Quality Commission), as "fair", "good" or even "excellent".
Inspectors swooped unannounced on the wards of Basildon University Hospital after seeing its shock figure for 2007/2008.
Their discovery of filthy, blood-stained and soiled beds and equipment provoked outrage
"Two patients at a hospital severely criticised for its high mortality rates and poor hygiene standards are feared to have contracted life-threatening legionnaire's disease."
I am 56 and currently fighting a battle with lung cancer. I originally started this blog to record my experiences of lung cancer and the treatments involved.
I hoped others in a similar position might find it useful.
However, due to problems with the DWP who tried to make my life difficult, at a time I could well do without it, I stumbled upon some very startling evidence of the scale of corruption in this country and the EU.
The MP's Expenses scandal is just the tip of the iceburg, BILLIONS OF POUNDS have gone missing without trace via the EU and no serious effort has been made to trace it.
Although I don't expect to live for much longer I feel I owe it to my children and grandchildren to do everything I can to share this information with as many others as possible.
And I ask anybody who found their way here to do the same.
If you follow the links on the various blogs I have set up here, there are 16 to date, (These can be found by scrolling down the page and clicking on MY PROFILE}
I'm sure you'll come to the same conclusion I have.
It's vital that the electorate vote for an INDEPENDENT at the next election if it takes place.
