▁Staff ord ▁Hospital . ▁The ▁inqu iry ▁found ▁system atic ▁fail ures ▁at ▁the ▁hospital , ▁and ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁care ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁Mid ▁Staff ord shire ▁N HS ▁Foundation ▁Trust . ▁A ▁wider ▁public ▁inqu iry , ▁again ▁led ▁by ▁Robert ▁Francis , ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁by ▁his ▁successor ▁as ▁Health ▁Secretary , ▁Andrew ▁L ans ley . ▁It ▁found ▁serious ▁fail ings ▁at ▁the ▁hospital ▁but ▁concluded ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁" mis leading " ▁to ▁link ▁those ▁fail ings ▁to ▁a ▁particular ▁number ▁of ▁death s . ▁After ▁leaving ▁office , ▁reports ▁claimed ▁that ▁Burn ham ▁and ▁his ▁prede cess or ▁as ▁Health ▁Secretary , ▁Alan ▁Johnson , ▁had ▁rejected ▁ 8 1 ▁requests ▁for ▁an ▁inqu iry ▁sitting ▁in ▁public ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁high ▁rate ▁of ▁death s ▁at ▁Staff ord ▁hospital . ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph , ▁after ▁initial ▁concerns ▁were ▁raised ▁about ▁links ▁between ▁mort ality ▁rates ▁and ▁standards ▁of ▁care ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁there ▁were ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 8 0 0 ▁more ▁death s ▁than ▁expected ▁across ▁ 1 4 ▁N HS ▁trust s ▁highlight ed ▁as ▁having ▁unus ually ▁high ▁death ▁rates . ▁These ▁figures ▁for ▁death s ▁were ▁however ▁dis cred ited . ▁A ▁report , ▁the ▁Ke og h ▁Review , ▁following ▁an ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 4 ▁N HS ▁trust s ▁by ▁Bruce ▁Ke og h , ▁described ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁such ▁statistical ▁measures ▁as ▁" cl in ically