Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to seek justice for those patients who died prematurely at Gosport Hospital.

The police assessment of evidence relating to the events at Gosport War Memorial Hospital has now turned into an independent police lead investigation. This investigation is independent from the Department and the Government. Since this announcement the Department has been liaising closely with police colleagues to understand their approach. The key points are that Operation Magenta are now in its investigative stage of which there will be several potential outcomes.