The Shipman Inquiry: Was it worth it? [Part 6] by Lady Justice Janet Smith
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Channel: Gresham College · 2010 · News & Politics
Harold Shipman killed between 218 and 280 people under his care. Dame Justice Janet Smith was in charge of the public inquiry that lasted nearly 4 years, cost nearly £21 million and looked at 1000 cases. Here Lady Justice Smith is remarkably frank and open in discussing the central question: "The Shipman Inquiry: Was it worth it?" In this last of six parts, Lady Justice Smith discusses the ineffectiveness of the inquiry's recommendations with regards to the NHS and the GMC. Although they made definite suggestions, they were disappointed that the GMC effectively side-stepped them. Lady Justice SMith concludes from this that, although the factual part of the Shipman Inquiry was certainly worth it, the positive suggestions for fending off such dangers of the future were not worth it, since they were all effectively dropped. This is the final part of Lady Justice Smith's speech on the Shipman inquiry. The full lecture is available (in 6 parts) here on YouTube, or it can be downloaded (like all of our lectures) in its complete form from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download.
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