The Report

In a bad few weeks for NHS hospitals Simon Cox asks why people who experience bad care are being turned away by the patient complaints watchdog.

Was the scandal at the Morecambe Bay Hospitals an isolated case, and could the problems at some of the 11 hospitals now in special measure have been spotted earlier?

James Titcombe whose son Joshua died at Morecambe Bay Hospital tells the story of how his complaint was hampered at every turn. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor and the Medical Director of NHS England, Sir Bruce Keogh, tell us how they think the system could be improved.

After revelations that an undercover police officer spied on Stephen Lawrence's family and friends,

Off-duty soldier Lee Rigby was killed in broad daylight in Woolwich, south-east London, in May. Fears were voiced at the time that the town - which was the scene of riots in the summer of 2011 - could become the site of further violence. Simon Cox goes to Woolwich to find out how its many communities are coping with the tension.

Endless waits, queuing ambulances, waiting rooms like 'war zones' . Accident and Emergency departments in England are still reeling from what hospital bosses have called the 'worst winter anyone can remember'. Why did it happen, and is A&E on the verge of collapse?

The Jimmy Savile scandal has prompted a wave of new investigations into alleged sexual abuse of children and young people, some of it dating back decades. But can the police and the criminal justice system deliver on their promise to put offenders behind bars? In The Report, Melanie Abbott investigates whether there really have been improvements in getting justice for both victims and the accused in these complex cases. What results can the public expect from the millions of pounds being spent on Operation Yewtree and the new investigation into abuse at North Wales care homes? Those who have suffered false accusations, and those who have gone through the heartache of failed attempts to prosecute their attackers reveal the human reality behind police and legal actions.

Police and Crime Commissioners, it was argued, would make the police more accountable by providing oversight by a directly elected individual, who would in turn be subject to strict checks and balances. Yet, the electorate failed to vote in high numbers for such an idea; the November 2012 elections recorded an average turnout of just 15%.

A string of headlines in recent weeks has questioned the judgement of some PCCs, whether it's claiming expenses for two limousine journeys costing £700, attempting to hire a full-time youth commissioner, or appointing friends and former colleagues to well-paid jobs in the Police and Crime Commissioner office.

Six months after they were elected, Simon Cox investigates how well Police and Crime Commissioners are getting on in the job.

The Report will investigate why some Commissioners appear to be more active than others and will explore the different styles they have adopted. The programme will speak to a selection of Commissioners elected in 41 areas across England and Wales about the key decisions they've made on budgets, staffing and policing priorities.

Producer: Hannah Barnes.

Melanie Abbott looks at the measles outbreak in South Wales. She looks at how the legacy of Andrew Wakefield's 1998 paper still lives on because of a perception that autism is rife amongst some immigrant groups. She talks to Somalis in Minnesota and finds that a lack of answers and high rates of autism in their families has affected MMR uptake and how this message is being heard back here in the UK.

You can use it to buy a pizza, or pay a taxi fare. Simon Cox looks at the virtual currency Bitcoin, which is exclusively online and independent of any government or company and where a user can be anonymous. In recent weeks, Bitcoin lost half its value due to a panic sell-off, but who are the people buying and selling this new currency and how does it work?

A spotlight has been shone on the children's heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary.

On 27th March campaigners trying to keep the centre open had won in the High Court: a decision previously taken to close Leeds as part of a national shake-up of children's heart services was quashed.

Spurred by the inquiry into the Bristol heart scandal more than a decade ago, Safe and Sustainable aims to reduce the number of paediatric cardiac units across England from 10 to 7, each having a minimum of four surgeons so as to concentrate expertise.

But, a day later the medical director for NHS England, Sir Bruce Keogh, ordered the pausing of surgery at Leeds. He had heard concerns from families and professionals over the standard of care at Leeds General Infirmary, and was shown figures purporting to show it had twice the mortality rate than would have been expected.

Since then, he's faced accusations of interfering in the process for political reasons after it emerged his intervention had been partly based on inaccurate data. Surgery has now resumed, but questions remain. Hannah Barnes speaks to those whose initial concerns prompted the pause in surgery, questions Sir Bruce Keogh on his current assessment of safety at Leeds, and asks who parents can trust to tell them where is best for their children to be treated.

Producer: Phil Kemp

For the past few weeks there's been excitement across the Catholic world over the election of the first Latin American Pope - a man who wants to put the poor at the centre of the Church's teaching. But a series of difficult questions have been raised about Pope Francis's role during Argentina's "Dirty War" and the military dictatorship of the 1970s and early 1980s. In this week's Report journalist and former Dominican monk Mark Dowd travels to Buenos Aires to find out the truth about Pope Francis. Mark speaks to those close to the new Pontiff, his former colleagues, friends and sister about his motivations and character. He talks to key players in the case of two Jesuit priests who were seized and tortured by the dictatorship to find out what Pope Francis really knew and did when they went missing. And he hears from a family whose pregnant relative was kidnapped by agents of the dictatorship. The baby was taken away and relatives appealed to the then Father Bergoglio for help in finding the child. But what happened - and when did Father Bergoglio become aware of the stolen babies scandal?