The campaigner who spearheaded efforts to highlight the maltreatment of patients at Stafford Hospital is set to leave the town after being subjected to abuse by some local people.

British police have launched a criminal inquiry after a four-month-old baby boy was found with a dummy taped to his face at a scandal-hit hospital.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said that patient care can never be sacrificed because of falling finances.