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 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 - and came weeks after the trust's care standards were rated as "good".
It prompted a crisis in confidence in the Care Quality Commission, the watchdog that replaced the Healthcare Commission and gave the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Trust its rating.
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