New evidence
Kirkup Report on Morecambe Bay — the NHS cluster framework
Dr Bill Kirkup CBE publishes the Morecambe Bay Investigation Report on the 2004–2013 cluster of unexplained maternity and neonatal deaths at Furness General Hospital. The report finds systemic institutional failure, not individual wrongdoing. It is the closest direct UK precedent for how an NHS neonatal-cluster investigation is properly conducted. The Countess of Chester cluster, starting four months later, maps onto the Kirkup framework in every institutional element.
The same thread
The nearest events this site records in the same category (new evidence). This site records 4 events in 2015.
- Mr Bates vs The Post Office drives mass public recognition of Horizon miscarriagesJanuary 2024
- Court of Appeal quashes Angela Cannings's conviction — the Cannings principle established19 December 2003
- Francis Report on Mid Staffordshire — the NHS whistleblowing framework6 February 2013
- Clothier Inquiry Report on Beverley Allitt — the benchmark for direct-evidence NHS cluster cases17 February 1994
- Court of Appeal quashes Donna Anthony's conviction — the CCRC-referral precedent11 April 2005
- Bates v Post Office — High Court judgment on Horizon unreliability16 December 2019