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Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust: Public Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the official set up date under section 5 of the Inquiries Act 2005 was for the public inquiry entitled Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
4 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the official set up date under section 5 of the Inquiries Act 2005 was for the public inquiry entitled Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry.

  2. 4 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust was set up on 9 June 2010 when Sir Robert Francis was appointed as Chair of the Inquiry. On the same date, this was announced to Parliament by the then Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley.Sir Francis su...

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