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Andy Burnham dismisses Mid Staffs inquiry as 'too distracting'

Health secretary Andy Burnham has defended his decision to stop short of launching a full public inquiry into failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, telling HSJ he thought it would be “distracting to managers”.

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