The Baker Report

Some had suspicions

THE findings of the government report weren't wholly received with shock.

The realisation that Harold Shipman probably began killing soon after he became a doctor in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, had been presumed by some in Hyde.

Adrian Pomfret, the former husband of victim Bianka Pomfret, told the Tameside Advertiser newspaper in the immediate aftermath of Shipman's sentencing that he believed the GP began killing while he was in Todmorden in the mid-70s.

Review of certificates

AN overhaul of death certification has been promised, in light of the Harold Shipman investigation. The then Home Secretary Jack Straw said he wanted more information putting on death certificates, such as the circumstances in which death occurred.

Introduction

THE Baker Report came virtually out of the blue and sent shockwaves around the world.

Professor is care expert

THE professor who wrote the Shipman report is a former GP, famed internationally for care research. Prof Richard Baker of the University of Leicester was approached to conduct the patient audit following his work for the Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit.