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Campaigner welcomes police investigation into Stafford Hospital scandal

"Cure the NHS" campaigner Julie Bailey has welcomed a police investigation into hundreds of deaths at Stafford Hospital.

Staffordshire Police are looking into around 300 cases where neglect may have contributed to a patient's death.

Julie set up the group Cure the NHS after losing her mum who was a patient at Stafford.

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Julie Bailey: We want his resignation, if not his sacking

NHS campaigner Julie Bailey, who set up Cure the NHS after her mother Bella died at Stafford Hospital in 2007, has said she will ask members of the NHS Commissioning Board to call for their boss' resignation:

We want his [Sir David Nicholson's] resignation, if not his sacking.

He has brought the NHS into disrepute.

We are planning to lobby members of the board to call for him to resign.

– julie bailey, founder, cure the nhs

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Cure the NHS demand resignation

Cure the NHS on the day the inquiry into Stafford Hospital was published Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/Press Association Images

The campaign group Cure the NHS are handing in a letter at Downing Street today.

The group, led by Julie Bailey, are demanding that the head of the NHS, Sir David Nicholson, resign over the Stafford Hospital scandal.

Facebook comments about Julie Bailey were made by West Midlands Ambulance Service member of staff

West Midlands Ambulance Service has confirmed that comments made on Facebook regarding Julie Bailey were posted by a member of staff.

The Trust has now suspended the person from work and a formal investigation is to be carried out.

Staffordshire Police are conducting their own investigation.

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