Accountability and Transparency in the NHS

Part of Justice Committee Report: Youth Justice – in the House of Commons at 3:05 pm on 14 March 2013.

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Photo of Andy Burnham Andy Burnham Shadow Secretary of State for Health 3:05, 14 March 2013

Will the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that I asked Robert Francis to conduct two independent inquiries into what happened? It is not the case that I was not doing anything. I made that judgment because I wanted to get to the truth of what happened while not overburdening the hospital with the job of getting better. I tried to strike that balance, and that is why I reached the judgment that I did.