A second inquiry is to be held into Stafford Hospital where a health watchdog found “appalling” emergency care led to patients dying needlessly.
Health Secretary Andy Burnham said current and ex-NHS staff would be expected to co-operate with inquiry.
The Care Quality Commission said there had been progress, but some areas had to be addressed “urgently”.
In March the Healthcare Commission said about 400 more people died between 2005 and 2008 there than would be expected.
The regulator, the successor to the Healthcare Commission, said mortality rates had been “showing early signs of improvement”.
It added it was satisfied Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust had made an acceptable start in “implementing the systems, resources and people it needs to make the improvements recommended” by its predecessor.
In March, the Healthcare Commission identified deficiencies at “virtually every stage” of emergency care and said that managers pursued targets to the detriment of patient care.
Read more at BBC Health.
Tags: Mid Staffordshire, Targets
