Scandal at the safest trust in England

Published: March 15, 2024, 5 a.m.

This week we discuss the implications of a long-awaited independent review into a patient safety scandal at Salford Royal Hospital, in which multiple patients were harmed by John Williamson, the former head of the spinal division.

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We cover why concerns about care quality resurfaced long after the trust concluded its review in 2016 and why it failed to properly investigate at the time.\xa0

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Also more on news that an\xa0Australian tech firm backed by one of China\u2019s richest people is set to win the majority of contracts to deploy new AI diagnosis tools across the NHS.\xa0