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tweets, external: Report for govt on Savile recommends all hospital volunteers be subject to barring checks.

Jimmy Savile's behaviour and sexual abuse at 41 NHS hospitals across the country, a children's home and a hospice "indicates the need for us to examine safeguarding arrangements in NHS hospitals, the raising of complaints and matters of concern and how managers and staff respond to complaints", a separate independent report finds.

Nine informal complaints were made about the sexual behaviour of paedophile Jimmy Savile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital but none "were either taken seriously or escalated to senior management", the report says. There was one formal complaint.

The independent investigation found Savile abused 63 people, aged 8 to 40, connected to the hospital from 1968-92.

Jimmy Savile's reputation as a "sex pest" at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire was a an "open secret" amongst junior staff and some middle managers but "complaints were probably filtered out" before they reached the attention of senior administrators, the report finds.

Investigations into the former BBC DJ's role at Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire, Springfield Hospital in London, and Crawley Hospital in West Sussex will also report.

Savile, who died aged 84 in October 2011, was a major fundraiser and regular visitor to Stoke Mandeville for more than 20 years. He had a flat and office on the hospital site.

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An independent investigation into Jimmy Savile's behaviour at Stoke Mandeville Hospital is due to be published at 09:30 GMT. It's expected to say staff were told of 10 complaints at the time, the BBC understands. We'll bring you all the latest news and reaction as it comes in.