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Nineteen suspects have been identified by police as part of a new inquiry into hundreds of patient deaths at a hospital.
The police investigation into Gosport War Memorial Hospital was launched in Hampshire, after enquiries found hundreds of patients had their lives shortened through the use of opioids.
The Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, managing the investigation, said they were reviewing the records of more than 750 patients.
More than 450 people had their lives shortened at the hospital, while another 200 were 'probably' also given opioids between 1989 and 2000 without medical justification, according to the Gosport Independent Panel report released in 2018.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Jerome said: 'The independent investigation into deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital is one of the largest and most complex of its nature in the history of UK policing.
'Our team consists of around 150 serving and retired detectives who have so far assessed more than three million pages of documents, including the medical records of over 750 patients, and taken witness statements from more than 1,150 individual family members.
'The investigation is ongoing and continues to make good progress, with 19 suspects currently identified. The interviews under caution remain ongoing.
'Whilst we have never provided anyone with an estimate of how long our enquiries will last, family members can be confident we are working as quickly and thoroughly as possible to ensure Operation Magenta is the decisive police investigation into what happened at Gosport.
'Every single patient who died is important to us and their individual cases must be reviewed in full in order for an assessment to be made on their evidential strength.'
He added: 'We also owe it to their families to investigate each death to the same high standard and, at the conclusion of the investigation, all families who want to will be told everything we discovered about the nature of their care.
My God..I know this hospital.. I used to live near it as a Navy Wife...
The police investigation into Gosport War Memorial Hospital was launched in Hampshire, after enquiries found hundreds of patients had their lives shortened through the use of opioids.
The Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, managing the investigation, said they were reviewing the records of more than 750 patients.
More than 450 people had their lives shortened at the hospital, while another 200 were 'probably' also given opioids between 1989 and 2000 without medical justification, according to the Gosport Independent Panel report released in 2018.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Jerome said: 'The independent investigation into deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital is one of the largest and most complex of its nature in the history of UK policing.
'Our team consists of around 150 serving and retired detectives who have so far assessed more than three million pages of documents, including the medical records of over 750 patients, and taken witness statements from more than 1,150 individual family members.
'The investigation is ongoing and continues to make good progress, with 19 suspects currently identified. The interviews under caution remain ongoing.
'Whilst we have never provided anyone with an estimate of how long our enquiries will last, family members can be confident we are working as quickly and thoroughly as possible to ensure Operation Magenta is the decisive police investigation into what happened at Gosport.
'Every single patient who died is important to us and their individual cases must be reviewed in full in order for an assessment to be made on their evidential strength.'
He added: 'We also owe it to their families to investigate each death to the same high standard and, at the conclusion of the investigation, all families who want to will be told everything we discovered about the nature of their care.
My God..I know this hospital.. I used to live near it as a Navy Wife...
