The continued incompetence of both those who work at and run Stafford hospitals and the authorities supposed to oversee it is staggering.

For those of us who live in the area it goves zero confidence in the local healthcare provision. Suggestions of doubling the journey time for emergencies and having treatment transferred to any other hospital to suit is unacceptable. This entire episode makes me glad I have private healthcare but I fear for my life and that of my family if we were to ever need emergency healthcare in this area.

Politicians, both past and present, and leadership of both the NHS and the regulators need to be held to account for this ongoing fiasco.