over the years, this latest enquiry was launched by norman lamb when he was launched by norman lamb when he was in the health department in government. and there has now been this latest investigation, which looked that the deaths of 800 elderly patients at that hospital in hampshire. the c/o elderly patients at that hospital in hampshire. the do the hospital first came under the spotlight 20 yea rs first came under the spotlight 20 years ago, and it has been ever since then families have been fighting for the truth to emerge. —— the carer under the hospital. let us bring in richard, who has been following this. quite staggering to hear the bishop describing an institutionalised practice of the shortening of lives through administering opioids without justification —— medical justification. it confirms the worst yea rs justification. it confirms the worst years for the families who have been campaigning for two decades for

norman lamb was a health minister in the coalition government. he was responsible for setting up the inquiry: does he agree that we have to find a way of overcoming the problem of different inquiries through inquests, through police, through regulators, which together stops the vital information getting out into the public domain and stopped proper investigation into those issues? and does he agree also that we need to have a mechanism to ensure that in future families are never ignored again — that when legitimate allegations of wrongdoing are made, that they are investigated properly and that families are involved in that process? first of all, i once again pay tribute to the role he took, because one of the most difficult things for any government minister is knowing when to accept advice, which is what you do most of the time, and when actually to overrule it, and his instincts have been proved absolutely right

he was launched by norman lamb when he was in the health department in government.y patients at that hospital in hampshire. the c/o elderly patients at that hospital in hampshire. the do the hospital first came under the spotlight 20 yea rs first came under the spotlight 20 years ago, and it has been ever since then families have been fighting for the truth to emerge. —— the carer under the hospital. let us bring in richard, who has been following this. quite staggering to hear the bishop describing an institutionalised practice of the shortening of lives through administering opioids without justification —— medical justification. it confirms the worst yea rs justification. it confirms the worst years for the families who have been campaigning for two decades for action to happen. there have been at least three investigations in that time. the police looked into about 92 separate incidents, the nhs has conducted a number of enquiries, there has been one senior medical practitioner referred to the gmb disciplinary panel but then allowed to continue to practice even

it was set up by your guest norman lamb. evidence from all the releva nt and looked at evidence from all the relevant organisations, the police, and the gmc but we don't know if it will point any fingers or say if there is any criminal responsibility that we will find out in over one hour. chain barton has always said she had the interests of the patients at heart. that's a statement, she says throughout her career she is always tried to do her best to patients and is bug of the pressures she was and at the time. thank you, cath. cath will report on this when this comes out. stephen lloyd, a liberal democrat mp has been working with a family whose relative died in gosport war memorial hospital. peter walsh is from the patient safety charity action against medical accidents, which has helped severalfamilies who pushed for an inquiry into how their relatives died at the hospital. and norman lamb has stayed on, thank you so much. you are the minister at the time who set this up. what do you think about how long relatives have h

thank you very much for joining us, norman lamb. let's hear from one of the family's spokespeople.ess this morning. the truth has been spoken here after a long format years wait. since 1998, we have currently campaigning for a nswe rs have currently campaigning for answers in light of the unexpected deaths of our relatives. and we made promises that we would not give up without having those answers. we have to thank norman lamb for listening to our grievances, although in terms of what we wanted, which was a judge—led public inquiry, his hands were tied. respect and admiration for gillian mckenzie and her perseverance with hermp mckenzie and her perseverance with her mp stephen lloyd, for if not for stephen, we would not be here today. we all have much gratitude for understanding the enormity of our challenges and being the only mp to do something about it. 12 investigations, and here we are. july 2002, the commission of health improvement report ordered by sir liam donaldson was issued and whilst its co nte nts liam donaldson was issued and whilst its contents were distressing, be

norman lamb was a health minister in the coalition government.nquiry. we need to have a mechanism to ensure that in future, families are never ignored again, that when legitimate allegations of wrongdoing are made, that they are investigated properly and that families are involved in that process. and the health service was raised byjeremy corbyn at prime minister's questions. theresa may had promised england's nhs an extra £20 billion a year by 2023. the labour leader wanted to know where the extra money was going to come from. the prime minister said extra funding for the national health service will come from three sources — brexit, economic growth, and the taxation system. well, there can be no brexit evidence before 2022, —— well, there can be no brexit dividend before 2022, economic growth is the slowest since 2009, so which taxes are going up? theresa may reckoned labour didn't have an agreed position. in relation to money we're no longer sending to the eu being spent on the nhs, the shadow housing secretary called it bogus, the shadow hea

thank you very much, norman lamb.on in south london. british transport police described the deaths at loughborough junction as "unexplained". they have yet to release the identities of the victims, and are trying to find out how they came to be on the track. the police confirmed the incident in a tweet, saying that they are trying to establish why people came to be on the tracks. 0ur correspondent amanda akass is here and has been looking into this for us. what have you been able to find out? the details are still very much emerging. the police are on the scene at the moment, near loughborough junction station, in south london near brixton. we have had a statement from british transport police. they say shortly after 7:30am this morning officers from british transport police were called to loughborough junction from british transport police were called to loughborouthunction in south london. following a report of multiple bodies being found. police and paramedics from the london ambulance service attended the scene, h

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it took until 201a for norman lamb, the then health minister, to commissioners independent panel whichto set out what happened, which has never happened before, all the documents, all the findings it could take. and now it is up to other authorities to take further action if that's the course of action if that's the course of action decided. hugh, thank you. hugh pym, our health editor. theresa may is facing another knife edge vote over brexit this afternoon and the prospect of a fresh conservative rebellion. mps are due to vote on an amendment to the eu withdrawal bill which would give parliament a greater say if no deal is agreed with brussels. some tory backbenchers say they will vote against the government, which could mean a bruising defeat for the prime minister. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. how are the numbers stacking up norman? to quote the great alex ferguson, it is squeaky bum time because this could be incredibly close because even with all this last—minute manoeuvring and appeals to the rebels to buck the national interest and national uni

remarkable mrs mackenzie to try and get to the truth and then we had a bit of good luck and that is norman lamb shortening life, rather than kill. it does. i'm using that word myself deliberately. because i‘m not a lawyer, but i know the other word for inappropriately shortening life is they were killed. that means i‘m determined, i have already raised it in the house yesterday, and i will continue to do so until we get it, i‘m determined that key named individuals within the report actually face criminal prosecution, have their day in court and have to take responsibility for the absolutely shocking and i cannot use that word strongly enough, shocking actions that took place all those years ago in gosport. i would like to say one last thing, i want to flag that a couple of nurses incredibly bravely in the 90s tried to whistle blow and they were ignored. they de serve a medal and mrs mackenzie deserves a statue. families say they want a criminal inquiry, how confident are you that the systems are in place to allow that to happen? do you think it will happen that that that process begins? it has

norman lamb. thank you.and experience. in terms of the rules, they are as they are and as he is a former minister, he knows ministers are bound by the rules. we can debate in this place and we can challenge in this place as i think we are beginning to do, whether those rules are fit for purpose. that is the right thing to do in a representative parliament. in terms of my role, i have signalled today that we are looking again very clearly at our processes and how these cases are handled, and i have signalled freie clearly that we believe strongly these need to be more clinically led, hence the appointment of a panel —— i have signalled very clearly. and we will consider how we handle these cases more effectively than in the past. can my right honourable friend give an assurance that having taken this important initiative, other similar cases will be treated with similar leniency now and not wait for the wheels of government to grind along slowly? i don't think the wheels of government have moved slowly this w