Health secretary says plan would give hospitals incentive to be open about blunders, in wake of Mid Staffordshire scandal Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Hospitals that are not honest about medical blunders could have to pay some of the damages that follow and even lose their insurance cover, under government plans to improve NHS patient safety. Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, proposed the move on Tuesday as part of the government's response to Robert Francis QC's landmark report on the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal. Under his plan, hospitals that mislead or...
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