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Julie Dawn Bailey
Bailey helped to form an organisation, ''Cure the NHS'', which successfully campaigned for a public inquiry into the failings at the hospital.
She ran a dog grooming parlour and a small cafe, ''Breaks'', on Lichfield Road in the centre of town, which became the headquarters of the campaign. She and her supporters plastered the walls with photographs of dozens of elderly men and women – husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters – who they claimed had died unnecessarily at the hospital because of lack of care.
She was nationally praised for her determination to shine a light on the failings of the Trust. In Stafford, some people have blamed her for a planned downgrade of the town's hospital. She says she suffered abuse in the streets. However police dropped the investigation into the alleged harassment claim as they could not find sufficient evidence.
Cure the NHS
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CBE
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is a British café owner who was a central figure in the Stafford Hospital scandal
The Stafford Hospital scandal concerns poor care and high mortality rates amongst patients at the Stafford Hospital, Stafford, England, during the first decade of the 21st century. The hospital was run by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Tr ...
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Biography
Born in Stafford, England, Bailey moved to Wales in 1983 before moving back home to care for her mother, Bella Bailey.
Bailey helped to form an organisation, ''Cure the NHS'', which successfully campaigned for a public inquiry into the failings at the hospital.
She ran a dog grooming parlour and a small cafe, ''Breaks'', on Lichfield Road in the centre of town, which became the headquarters of the campaign. She and her supporters plastered the walls with photographs of dozens of elderly men and women – husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters – who they claimed had died unnecessarily at the hospital because of lack of care.
She was nationally praised for her determination to shine a light on the failings of the Trust. In Stafford, some people have blamed her for a planned downgrade of the town's hospital. She says she suffered abuse in the streets. However police dropped the investigation into the alleged harassment claim as they could not find sufficient evidence.
Recognition
Bailey was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...
(CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours
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. She received abuse during and subsequent to her campaign, particularly through the Support Stafford Hospital Facebook
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page.
On 9 April 2014, Bailey was named as the second most powerful woman in Britain by ''The Independent
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'' newspaper and in the BBC ''Woman's Hour
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History
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'' power list 2014.
On 30 January 2019, Channel 4
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announced that they had commissioned a drama of the Stafford Hospital scandal from the perspective of Bailey.
Jeremy Hunt
Sir Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2022 to 2024 and Foreign Secretary from 2018 to 2019, having previously served as Secretary of State for Health a ...
credits her for bringing to attention the cultural defects which meant that health provision became cruel and heartless.
References
External links
Cure the NHS
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