Alan Johnson 'put pressure on regulator to keep quiet on Mid Staffs deaths'

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Former health secretary Alan Johnson put pressure on the Healthcare Commission not to publish controversial figures suggesting up to 1,200 people had died unnecessarily at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the public inquiry was told.

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