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Sixth Report - Shipman: The Final Report
Published 27 January 2005


In the Inquiry's Sixth and final Report, the Chairman, Dame Janet Smith DBE considered how many patients Shipman killed during his career as a junior doctor at Pontefract General Infirmary between 1970 and 1974. She also considered a small number of cases from Shipman's time in Hyde, which the Inquiry became aware of after the publication of the First Report. She also considered the claims by a former inmate at HMP Preston regarding alleged claims by Shipman about the number of patients he had killed.

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To view the Alphabetical List of Deaths Considered in this Report, click here.
To view the Chronological List of Deaths Considered in this Report, click here.

A complete index of all deaths considered by the Inquiry is available in Phase 1 - List of Cases.

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