article_snippet: Health officials have tried to cover up Health officials failure to properly investigate poor patient care on the unit.
article_snippet: It’s a sign of how closed and secretive the NHS was.
article_snippet: ‘we were faced with obstacle after obstacle which is an indictment of how the NHS was run at the time.
article_snippet: While officials continued to cover up the extent of the hospital’s problems, a police investigation was eventually launched after repeated complaints from victims’ families.
article_snippet: The widespread ‘loss’ of medical records that contained vital medical information, such as in the case of Hoa Titcombe, will also be highlighted.
article_snippet: The extent to which officals have tried to deflect attention from the hospital has been branded