a draft report from 2009 by the Healthcare commission and was based on mortality statistics, was an unreliable measure of avoidable deaths. The Francis report of February 2013 concluded that it would be unsafe to infer from these statistics that there was any particular number of avoidable or unnecessary deaths at the trust. According to Jeremy Hunt the enquiry described a systematic failure by both the NHS and the Department of Health to deal with such problems. Protecting the reputation of the NHS had become more important. Concentrating on national targets led to managers deprioritising the safety and well-being of patients. Television On 30 January 2019, Channel 4 announced that they had commissioned a drama of the Stafford Hospital scandal from the perspective of Julie Bailey. See also Institutional abuse Patient abuse Winterbourne View hospital abuse References External links The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Independent Inquiry website Robert Francis Inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust website Medical scandals in the United Kingdom Stafford Institutional abuse 2000s in Staffordshire Hospital scandals Cover-ups