Jimmy Savile NHS investigations published
27 Jun 2014 10:33 AM
Twenty-eight NHS
hospitals have published the findings of their investigations into Jimmy
Savile
The publication of these reports
follows the disclosure of information by the Metropolitan Police Service in
2012 and a document review as part of a Special Police Services Agreement in
2013.
The Metropolitan Police Service
information concerning Jimmy Savile and hospital settings was transferred to
the Department of Health which passed this information on to the relevant
organisations for investigation.
Each of the NHS hospitals has
published copies of their investigation reports.
The investigations have been
overseen by Kate Lampard, who was asked by the Secretary of State to provide
independent assurance on behalf of the Department of Health. She has published
her assurance
report for the Savile investigations.
In the autumn, Kate Lampard will
publish her final lessons learnt report. The investigation at Broadmoor
Hospital was conducted jointly with the Department of Health, which ran the
hospital between 1949 and 1989.
On behalf of the Department of
Health, Permanent Secretary, Una O’Brien, issued the following
statement