A public inquiry is to be held into the deaths of hundreds of people at Stafford Hospital between 2005 and 2008.
Appalling standards put patients at risk and between 400 and 1,200 more people died than would have been expected in a three-year period from 2005 to 2008.
Prime Minister David Cameron described the deaths as "appalling events" when he announced the investigation during Prime Minister's Questions.
The previous Government ruled out a full public inquiry, instead opting for an independent inquiry. That inquiry, Chaired by Robert Francis QC, published its findings in February.
It found that the hospital "routinely neglected" patients and displayed "systemic failings" in its approach to care as managers became overly concerned with cost-cutting and Government targets.
Health Minister Andrew Lansley says the new inquiry will look into "how these events went undetected and unchallenged for so long", and would take place in public "from the oral hearings to the final report".
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