"Following his conviction, judge Dame Janet Smith carried out an extensive inquiry into his crimes and published a number of reports making a series of recommendations, starting at Manchester Town Hall, in June 2001.Her first report, published in July 2002, concluded Dr Shipman had killed at least 215 patients with a suspicion over the deaths of a further 45.Her second report concluded that Shipman's final three victims - Winifred Mellor, Joan Melia and Kathleen Grundy, would probably have been saved if the police investigation had been properly conducted and supervised.In a third report she found that by issuing death certificates stating natural causes, the serial killer was able to evade investigations by coroners.The fourth report called for stringent controls on the use and stockpiling of controlled drugs, such as diamorphine.A fifth report focused on the regulation and monitoring of GPs and criticised the General Medical Council in the 1970s for failing in its primary task of protecting patients 'because it was too involved in protecting doctors'.A sixth, and final report, published in January 2005 concluded that Shipman had killed 250 patients and probably embarked on his murderous career at the age of 25, just a year after completing his medical training.In 2007, the government published Learning From Tragedy, a summary of all the action taken in response to the Shipman Inquiry.The government brought in procedures for safeguarding controlled drugs, new laws to improve the coroners system and measures to identify health workers who pose a threat to patient safety.One of the main changes was a second doctor now signs cremation certificates and speaks to a member of the family and examines medical records.In an interview with the BBC a decade ago, Dame Janet expressed concern about the lack of progress in implementing her recommendations on tightening up the way deaths are recorded.In 2018, it emerged that more than 450 patients died when they were given 'dangerous' levels of opioid painkillers.No charges were brought against retired GP Dr Jane Barton, 71, who was found to have presided over 'an institutionalised regime' with a 'flagrant disregard for human life' by an official inquiry.The Gosport Independent Panel found people who had been viewed as a 'nuisance' were given opiates via syringe drivers, often resulting in their deaths within days, amid 'a culture of shortening the lives' of patients.The panel's report found a total of 456 people has their lives cut short and another 200 were 'possibly' given drugs without medical justification between 1987 and 2001.A new independent police investigation began in April 2019 with a team of up to 90 officers would focusing on the deaths between 1987-2001.In 2010, the General Medical Council found Dr Barton guilty of professional misconduct for failing in her care of 12 patients between 1996 and 1999.Her husband, Tim Barton, told the Sunday Times in 2002 that she had been under a huge amount of pressure and was severely overworked. Psychologists suggest that Rose West could have suffered from Folie a Deux as well. Saturn Transits Aquarius 2020: Welcome to the New Order. On 5 November, 1966 he married Primrose May Oxtoby and they had four children together. She also confirmed she was doing everything in her power to bring Shipman’s case to appeal.Shipman was still controlling Primrose from prison. Reynolds then shared those concerns with coroner John Pollard who brought the matter to the police.

Having to work through a doctors qualification whilst supporting a young family.So what did Primrose see in Shipman? This was essential as she could not find employment, her reputation went before her.Towards the end, Primrose did write to Shipman asking him to confess everything. Surely she could have not lived with him, without knowing his crimes. Loading... Save. "She thought he was a good doctor", Mrs Grundy's friend ]May Clarke, 91, said of her. This In 1998 Deborah Massey from Frank Massey and Sons Funeral Home shared a concern about the high mortality rates of Shipman’s patients to Linda Reynolds of Brooke Surgery in Hyde. Dr Shipman Primrose Shipman Termie; 8 videos; 411 views; Last updated on May 18, 2020; Play all Share. His last act was the most positive thing he ever did for her.Although Shipman had been struck off and denied his NHS pension, Primrose was still entitled in it, if he died before he was 60. Copyright © 10/08/2020 Alamy Ltd. All rights reserved. This medical treatment must have had an effect on the young man as it became his preferred method of murder years later.However, for now, Shipman’s life continued on track. This was even though the inquest proved she had been in the house of two victims during their murder. Her religious mother did not see the advantage of playdates and socialising.