Controversial hospital reforms which contributed to the shocking failings at Mid Staffordshire Hospital should immediately be ended, says a city MP. Rob Marris, Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West, urged ministers to end the creation of new foundation hospitals, which are independent of NHS control. New Cross Hospital, in Wolverhampton, is applying for foundation status, but Mr Marris said patients would benefit if it was allowed to concentrate on providing treatment. Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs New Cross, received a glowing report from the Healthcare Commission last October. But their report last week on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Stafford and Cannock Hospitals, found the decision to apply for foundation status had contributed to severe failings in medical care, which may have caused 400 patient deaths. The trust's board focused on "marketing and public relations," and saving money to try to help the bid succeed, said the Healthcare Commission. Mr Marris said: "We have too many non-executive directors who are accountants, we have trust boards that are unbalanced, and we have too many senior managers in the NHS who are incompetent, and not being fired. | 
