I Nearly Forgot About That..

You may remember that at the time of my grandmother's first hospital admission (19/7/11) there were two dominant stories in the British news; The phone hacking scandal and Rebekah Brooks looming appearance in front of a Commons select committee. The massive police operation to find out who was killing patients by tampering with medication at the Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport.

The plan was to promote speculation about who was responsible for my grandmother's erratic and aggressive behaviour at home before the stories converged and the guilty party was revealed as a red haired woman named Rebbecca. Obviously the fact that halfway through my grandmother was admitted to a hospital where her care was monitored by and the sole responsibility of government licensed medical professionals derailed the plan somewhat. In fact forcing this story off the news agenda was one of the lesser reasons for Britain's attacks on Norway.

Today (2/9/11) the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped all charges against Rebbecca Leighton, the nurse at the centre of the Stepping Hill story. This was Britain being forced to retract it's ludicrous allegation over who is responsible for my grandmother's mis-treatment in the face of overwhelming evidence. So I think they'll be plenty of people in Croydon who will struggle to sleep soundly in their beds tonight because the Brits are fast running out of excuses not to prosecute.