The Gosport Hospital scandal, explained

Fresh criminal investigation to be launched into deaths of 450 people

Gosport War Memorial Hospital
Report says there was a ‘disregard for human life’ at Gosport War Memorial Hospital
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Police are to open a new criminal inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of patients given “dangerous” levels of painkillers at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.

The care provided to patients who died at the Hampshire hospital between 1987 and 2001 will be the focus of a full investigation, Kent Police said in a statement issued on behalf of the Eastern Policing Region.

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