Is it convenient to talk at the moment? ciprobid 250mg But does Labour really have cause to be proud of its record on the NHS? Today, the results of an investigation into suspicious death rates at 14 hospitals – carried out in the wake of the scandals at Mid Staffordshire – are revealed. The facts are appalling: their performance was so poor that up to 13,000 people may have died needlessly. So severe are the problems that Prof Sir Bruce Keogh, the medical director of NHS England, is expected to place many in special measures, or replace management teams entirely.