Once again Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust finds itself under fire over the release of information. A report of inspectors who visited Oxford Community Hospital and found ‘shocking’ conditions has only come to light following a Freedom of Information request by a county councillor.
It has led Oxford East MP Andrew Smith to write to the Health Secretary and to the PCT calling for an investigation into how things got so bad.
The PCT has now somewhat belatedly ordered its own review into what happened.
The results of this and any other inquiry should be placed into the public domain.
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