Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day] — Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust — 18 May 2009 at 21:48

I beg to move,

That this House calls for an independent inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 into the failings of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from "House" to the end of the Question and add:

"notes the independent report by the Healthcare Commission which identified severe failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and the follow-up reports by the National Clinical Director for Emergency Care and the National Clinical Director for Primary Care which state that Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency department is now safe but that further improvements must be made at the Trust and lessons learnt by the whole NHS; further notes that the hospital has offered independent reviews of clinical records to all concerned; agrees that at the present time it would not be appropriate to establish an independent public inquiry; further agrees that management and staff at the hospital must remain focused on delivering high quality patient care; and further agrees that an independent public inquiry could add undue delay to implementing the recommendations of the above reports and therefore to the hospital delivering high quality and safe services for the local community ."

The House having divided: Ayes 217, Noes 260.

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PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 162 (+2 tell)085.0%
Independent0 4066.7%
Independent Labour0 10100.0%
Lab260 (+2 tell) 6076.6%
LDem0 44069.8%
Total:260 217078.5%

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Janet DeanBurtonLab (minister)aye
Paul FarrellyNewcastle-under-LymeLab (minister)aye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
David KidneyStaffordLab (minister)aye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)aye
Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)aye

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