Stafford Hospital campigner tells how 86-year-old mum collapsed after being left without oxygen supply
A CAMPAIGNER whose mother died at a scandal-hit NHS hospital in Staffordshire has said the 86-year-old once collapsed on a ward after being left without her oxygen supply.
Julie Bailey set up the campaign group Cure The NHS after her mother, Bella Bailey, died at Stafford Hospital, which has been heavily criticised for putting targets and cost-cutting ahead of patient welfare.
It has been claimed that hundreds of patients died at the hospital, which is run by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, as a result of sub-standard treatment.
Following the death of her mother in 2007, Miss Bailey lobbied for an open investigation into how appalling standards of care were allowed to persist.
A public inquiry into the care provided by the trust between 2005 and 2009 was launched earlier this month.
