Families' anger as 'Dr Opiate' finally breaks her silence but REFUSES to apologise for early deaths of up to 656 patients and instead blames 'very inadequately resourced' NHS hospital

Hospital medic was dubbed 'Dr Opiate' after routinely handing out strong drugs

A damning report into wards she managed found up to 650 had lives cut short

She was said to have been in Menorca when the report was published last week

Today she insists she was 'hard-working, dedicated doctor' in underfunded NHS

Families brand her cowardly for not speaking herself and demand answers

By RICHARD SPILLETT FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 10:18 BST, 27 June 2018 | UPDATED: 17:56 BST, 27 June 2018

Families of elderly patients who died after being given dangerous levels of painkillers at a scandal-hit hospital have hit out at a doctor's claims she 'did the best' for those in her care.

Dr Jane Barton - dubbed 'Dr Opiate' - broke her silence over the deaths of up to 650 patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital this morning, when her husband Tim read out a statement on her behalf outside their home.

He said of his wife: 'She has always maintained that she was a hard-working, dedicated doctor, doing the best for her patients in a very inadequately resourced part of the health service.'

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