Stafford Hospital campaigner Julie Bailey moves out of home over 'fears for her life'

Julie Bailey fought to uncover shocking neglect and appalling standards of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust following the death of her 86-year-old mother Bella at the hospital.

The 50-year-old Cure the NHS founder says she has been 'driven out of town', claiming sections of the community have turned against her, with threatening letters, telephone calls and vandalism to her mother's grave.

Income at her Lichfield Road cafe dropped to just £40 to £50 a day as many boycotted the business.

"I'm devastated," said mother-of-two Mrs Bailey. "I'm having to leave my home and my livelihood because of a small number of people.

"I just hope the hospital now becomes safe and sustainable – what I've tried for, for the past three years. I want people in the community to be safe when they go there."

Mrs Bailey said she would be moving into the static caravan within the next couple of weeks, after returning from holiday.

She refused to disclose the area to which she is moving, saying she is 'fearful for her life'.

"I want to thank all the people in Staffordshire that have helped in our fight," she added. Mrs Bailey has said she now plans to turn her campaign group Cure the NHS into a national charity to offer advice to people across the country.

She said: "The plan is for Cure The NHS to become an official charity where we will consult groups on how to act as a watchdog for hospitals.

"Part of this will be speaking to groups and using the experience of what happened at Stafford.

"I'll be advising what to look out for, what hospitals may say to conceal problems and also push for hospital reports to be made public.

"It won't necessarily be in area where there is a problem with a hospital, it is where a branch of Cure The NHS wants to set up," she said.