Trust Us, We're an NHS Hospital

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Duration: 29 minutes

Two hospitals hit the headlines when it emerged that hundreds of patients may have died unnecessarily, despite one hospital being rated as good and the other fair. Panorama investigates how many more hospitals may be failing the public while being allowed to assess themselves as good. Simon Boazman reports.

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Fri 12 Mar 2010 01:20 BBC One only on Northern Ireland

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Jeremy Vine
Reporter
Simon Boazman
Producer
Jim Booth
Executive Producer
Karen Wightman

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