Doctors at a scandal-hit hospital should face criminal charges over scores of patient deaths, the daughter of one of one of those who died in suspicious circumstances has said.

A long-awaited report into the deaths of 833 patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1988 and 2000 will be published next week.

Families hope it will finally shine a spotlight on why so many patients died and condemn how authorities have handled their cases.

Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s publication of the report, Gillian Mackenzie said she hoped it would lead to those involved in the care of her mother Gladys Richards and other patients to face prosecution.

She said: “I won’t be satisfied with just a report. I want it to go very much further, on behalf of all the families, because we all need justice.

“I shall be pushing for this to go to the criminal court and I would like to see some of the people who were involved behind bars.”