Following publication by Robert Francis QC of the independent inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on 24 February, the NMC has confirmed that it had already opened a case file in relation to events at the Trust. Commenting on the NMC's position, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar said: "We had already opened a case file in relation to the events at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust before publication of the independent inquiry's report...

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