Policy paper

Gosport Independent Panel report: government response

The government has published its response to the report of the Gosport Independent Panel into what happened at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 21 November 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Learning from Gosport: the government response to the report of the Gosport Independent Panel

PDF, 226 KB, 34 pages

Details

The response sets out a number of measures that have been put in place since the events described in the report, which took place between the late 1980s and 2001. These include stronger measures to ensure the safety of controlled drugs, and an independent, clinically led inspectorate.

The response document also describes future changes following the panel’s report, including measures to protect whistleblowers and the introduction of medical examiners.

Published 21 November 2018