The Keogh Review into patient safety was carried out by Professor Sir

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in July 2013. This review was ordered by the Prime Minister in response to the Francis Inquiry into poor care at Mid Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 14 NHS Trusts which were persistent outliers in measures of

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were investigated: * Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust * Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust * Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust * Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust * Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust * The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust *

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* George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust *

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* North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust *

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* Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust * Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust *

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As a result of the review six

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s were put into special measures by

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and five by the NHS Trust Development Authority. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust and The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust were not put in special measures.

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