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Submission from Current Coroner Policy Team (Ministry of Justice) to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice re 'Subject - Section 15 Coroners Act 1988 - deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital'

  • 1 Jan 2008
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000003

Refers to: Applications under section 15 of the Coroners Act 1988 by David Horsley, the Coroner for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire, for directions to hold inquests into the deaths of seven patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital. Document includes Annex D Case summaries for Arthur Cunningham, Ruby Lake, Geoffrey Packman, Leslie Pittock, Helena Service, Enid Spurgin and Robert Wilson.

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Correspondence from David C Horsley LLB (Her Majesty's Coroner for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire) to Coroners Unit re 'Hampshire Police Operation Rochester - Deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire'

  • 15 Jun 2007
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000004

Enclosing overview of Operation Rochester. David C Horsley LLB (Her Majesty's Coroner for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire) asks for this correspondence to be treated as his report to the Secretary of State under Section 15(1) of the Coroners Act 1988 to enable the Secretary of State to consider whether it is desirable for him to hold Inquests into all ten deaths rather than simply the three where bodies remain. [Note - Copy of an overview of Operation Rochester prepared for David C Horsley by the senior investigating officer, Detective Superintendent David Williams of Hampshire Police was not present at the time of cataloguing]

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Submission from Nick Matthews (Current Coroner Policy Team, Ministry of Justice) to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice re 'Subject - Section 15 Coroners Act 1988 - deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital'

  • 18 Jan 2008
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000005

Refers to: Applications under section 15 of the Coroners Act 1988 by David Horsley, the Coroner for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire, for directions to hold inquests into the deaths of seven patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital. Document includes Annex D Case summaries for Arthur Cunningham, Ruby Lake, Geoffrey Packman, Leslie Pittock, Helena Service, Enid Spurgin and Robert Wilson and Annex E Direction by the Secretary of State to David Horsley to hold inquests into the seven deaths (see case summaries).

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Correspondence from Coroners Unit (Ministry of Justice) to David Horsley (Her Majesty's Coroner for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire) re directive from the Secretary of State to hold inquests into seven deaths

  • 12 Feb 2008
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000008

Refers to: Directive from the Secretary of State to hold Inquests into the deaths of Arthur Denis Brian Cunningham, Ruby Josephine Dorothea Lake, Geoffrey Michael John Packman, Leslie Charles Pittock, Helena Frances Service, Enid Phyllis Dormer Spurgin and Robert Caldwell Wilson following pursuance of Section 15(1) of the Coroners Act 1988.

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Email exchange between Harjit Athwal (Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice), and Nick Matthews and Nahid Aktar re 'Re: Directions under s15 Coroners Act - Gosport War Memorial Hospital'

  • 11 Feb 2008
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000009

Refers to: 'The attached submission seeks your agreement to the issuing of directions under sl5 of the Coroners Act, in respect of 7 deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital'.

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Correspondence from A M Bradley (H M Coroner) to Coroners Unit re 'Re: Operation Rochester - Deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital'

  • 6 Jan 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000017

Refers to: A M Bradley asking for a re-consideration of the decision for inquests to take place and suggesting a public enquiry would allow a full and thorough investigation as a result of which families can maintain confidence in the system for the provision of health care and for death certification.

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Correspondence from Coroners and Burials Division (Ministry of Justice) to Mr Andrew Bradley (HM Coroner for North East Hampshire, Coroner's Office) re 'Operation Rochester - Deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital'

  • 8 Jan 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000018

Acknowledging correspondence from Mr Andrew Bradley (dated 6 January). Correspondence explains that Mr Andrew Bradley's concerns about the inquests have been raised with the Department of Health - the inquests should now proceed as directed by the Secretary of State under section 15 of the Coroners Act 1988 in seven of the cases.

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Correspondence from Coroners and Burials Division (Ministry of Justice) to Mr Andrew Bradley (HM Coroner for North East Hampshire Coroner's Office) re 'Operation Rochester - Deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital'

  • 8 Jan 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000019

Acknowledging correspondence from Mr Andrew Bradley (dated 6 January). Correspondence explains that Mr Andrew Bradley's concerns about the inquests have been raised with the Department of Health - the inquests should now proceed as directed by the Secretary of State under section 15 of the Coroners Act 1988 in seven of the cases.

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Correspondence from David C Horsley LLB (Her Majesty's Coroner for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire) to Coroners Unit (Ministry of Justice) re 'Deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital'

  • 7 Jan 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000020

Acknowledging correspondence (written by) and forwarded from Andrew Bradley (dated 6 January 2009). David C Horsley asks that the question of a public inquiry into what happened at Gosport War Memorial Hospital be reconsidered as a matter of urgency.

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Correspondence from Ann Keen MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health) to Mark Hoban MP (House of Commons) refers to correspondence regarding an inquiry about the death of the complainant's step father

  • 20 Jan 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000021

Refers to: Acknowledging correspondence from Mark Hoban to Jack Straw (dated 3 December) Ann Keen states why the Department of Health believe a full public inquiry now is not an appropriate way to proceed, Department of Health, Nursing and Midwifery Council,the General Medical Council and the Healthcare Commission.

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Correspondence from Mark Hoban MP (House of Commons) to Ann Keen MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health) re Correspondence from complainant regarding an inquiry about the death of his stepfather

  • 3 Feb 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000022

Enclosing: 1. Correspondence from Ann Keen MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health) to Mark Hoban MP (House of Commons) (dated 20 January 2009). 2. Correspondence to Mark Hoban MP (dated 27 November 2008) re 'Re: Gosport War Memorial Hospital (GWMH)'. 3. Email to Ann Keen MP (dated 30 January 2009) re 'Re, PO00000375969'. 4. Email to Ann Keen MP (dated 30 January 2009) re 'Re. PO00000375969'.

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Email from Current Coroner Policy Team (Ministry of Justice) to David Horsley re 'Gosport War Memorial Hospital' acknowledging previous correspondence from David Horsley (dated 7 January) enclosing attachment

  • 13 Feb 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000023

Enclosing correspondence from Coroners and Burials Division (Ministry of Justice) to Mr Andrew Bradley (HM Coroner for North East Hampshire, Coroner's Office) (dated 8 January 2009) re 'Operation Rochester - Deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital. This is a reply to Andrew Bradley regarding the Gosport War Memorial Hospital inquests

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Email exchange between Bernard Bloom and Lee Scott (MP) re '21 April 2009 Lee Scott MP / Carmel Bloom case Re: Important issues raised, - see BBC email: Drugs led to deaths of patients'

  • 21 Apr 2009
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Document ID: MOJ000026

Refers to: 'Please note that the coroner withheld Prof. Ford's report which positively confirmed the medics criminality'. 'Carmel's coroner actually withheld the main third party independent evidence in her case from the jury, to prevent them from considering a verdict of unlawful killing, thus avoiding formal referral to the police'.

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