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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.
In 2012, Bailey authored a book called "From Ward to Whitehall: the Disaster at Mid Staffs Hospital", the story of her fight for the truth to be uncovered about the situation in Mid Staffs Hospital and her struggle to improve it.
Cure the NHS
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Julie Dawn Bailey CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
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is a cafe 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 Trust ...
.
Biography
Bailey was born inStafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...
and moved to Wales in 1983 before moving home to care for her mother, Bella Bailey. Her mother was admitted to Stafford Hospital
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County Hospital is an acute hospital with less than 200 inpatient beds, opened in 1983. It is the main hospital in Stafford, England. The hospital is managed by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. County Hospital's Acciden ...
with an enlarged hernia in September 2007, at the age of 86, and died there on 8 November 2007.
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.
In 2012, Bailey authored a book called "From Ward to Whitehall: the Disaster at Mid Staffs Hospital", the story of her fight for the truth to be uncovered about the situation in Mid Staffs Hospital and her struggle to improve it.
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 contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2014 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrati ...
. She received abuse during and subsequent to her campaign, particularly through the Support Stafford Hospital Facebook 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
Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by A ...
'' power list 2014.
On 30 January 2019, Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
announced that they had commissioned a drama of the Stafford Hospital scandal from the perspective of Bailey.
Jeremy Hunt 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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