Christopher John Myers

At last! A criminal investigation has been launched into the death of a patient at scandal-hit Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust where up to 1,200 people died needlessly. But this isn’t a police investigation – it’s the Health and Safety Executive who will be investigating the death of Gillian Astbury, 66, who was diabetic and died in 2007 at Stafford Hospital after nurses forgot to give her insulin. If this investigation leads to charges being brought, it will be the first time that anyone has been prosecuted over the Mid-Staffs scandal. About time. Remember how everyone’s been bleating about ‘culture’ and ‘targets’ being the problem at Mid Staffs? But nothing excuses the cruelty, abuse and mismanagement.    So now let’s have proper criminal investigations.   And, if the complacent head of the NHS is implicated … let him face the music too. He and ‘Dave’ say scapegoating is wrong.   And so it is.   But a scapegoat takes the blame for the sins of others

See how the brilliant Dr Ben Goldacre, he of Bad Science fame, debunks homeopathy.

Croydon’s record bad news HMV in Croydon will not re-open, despite the Hilco deal that has saved most of the 223 UK shops. It means that it wasn’t worth saving – Hilco, who have mounted a successful rescue bid in Canada, clearly think that there’s no market in Croydon. Sixteen staff have been made redundant according to the local Guardian