Good for you. There must be justice for this negligence. Heads must roll and charges must be brought, or we're all at risk sometime in the future if no one is seen to be accountable.

I understand the anger felt by the families in these cases. However, I dont feel the cost of an enquiry is justified as we already know the reasons behind the problems. No its not the fault of the Nurses. Its actually the fault of understaffing. This is the result of the government policies.. Mr Hayes your labour government. Underfunding and years of increasing administrations in the hospital, think tanks, managers who have not got a clue about health services. These are to blame. But i can tell you now the blame will be put squarely on the shoulders of the nurses. As a former nurse at tameside. It was difficult to maintain total patient care and meet the basic needs was difficult. There were many times I was the only Registered nurse on a 24 beded ward, with 4 care assistants. This was not the fault of management, it was purely because there are not enought trained Nurses. What happens is you have to prioritise what you do... a wash can wait medications cant wait.. and believe me to give out medications to 24 patients ensuring that they get the correct medications and that they take them is time consuming. Also you only have to have one major incedent like a patient arresting then they other patients have to wait and if that means they dont get basic care such as a bed bath then so be it. Its hard and i know we all want to give each pateint 100% but this is the real world and unfortunately Nurses are a hard comodity to come by. I sympathise with all who lost their loved ones but please put the effort into where it is really needed.
Mr Hayes if you read this press the government for correctly directed funding for the hospitals to provide nursing care. This means Monies for more nurses. Pay rises for the Nurses not pay cuts.
Mr Hayes i know that you see this as a politiacl platform to make yourself look good in the eyes of the people of tameside so do something constructive not distructive. Instead of waisting the money on an inquiry put the money to better use. Use the memory of these people to provide sponsorship bursaries for nurses . Sponser nurses to work at Tameside. Ask local industries to sponser nurses and get more nurses on the wards. Then you will see thses problems of alledged patient neglect dissapear. Please refrain from constantly battering the hospital Moral is already low. Show some possitives so that Tameside can attract the nurses it needs.
Good nurses will not want to work in a hospital that is constantly being slated. COme on Mr Hayes look for some possitives promote the good at Tameside. Its easy to to make a hospital unatractive to staff its hard to retain and recrut staff into a hospital which is contantly being run down.
Lets get something possitive to come out of the sadness.
Mr Hayes support your nurses at Tameside they vote too you know.