Since that report, politicians have made a number of recommendations to prevent another scandal on the scale of Stafford Hospital.

BBC: Stafford Hospital neglect examined

Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna MP said the report "underlines the need for a full investigation and for government to look again at sanctions and whether the law can be tightened up to prevent this scandal ever being repeated".

BBC: Construction workers

Enacted in 2002 to prevent the next Enron scandal, Sarbox has thrown sand into the gears of entrepreneurship.

FORBES: America's 12-Step Program

Enacted in 2002 to prevent the next Enron scandal, Sarbox has thrown sand into the gears of scaled entrepreneurship.

FORBES: America Needs a 12-Step Recovery Program

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan has repeated claims that political opponents planned the fallout from a sex scandal to prevent him running for the French presidency.

BBC: Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Ms Auconie, who has co-authored a report on ways to prevent a repeat of the scandal, called for more stringent checks, including annual and unannounced inspections, among other measures.

BBC: Tighter breast implant controls urged by MEP

And Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Jim Hume warned Scottish government ministers that they must ensure that safeguards are in place to prevent a repeat of the scandal.

BBC: Baby ashes scandal: Lib Dems join call for inquiry

Only one notable unpleasantness marked Samoa's politics in Malietoa's time, the murder of a minister of public works in 1999, allegedly to prevent him from revealing the details of a corruption scandal.

ECONOMIST: Malietoa Tanumafili II