Time for a public inquiry to tackle ongoing problems with bullying, intimidation, and reprisals Whistleblowing in the NHS is now a mainstream topic, thanks in part to two key reports published in the first three months of 2015: the Freedom to Speak Up review, chaired by Robert Francis, QC,1 and Anthony Hooper’s review into how […]
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The following is an abstract from The Guardian. “Last June, six senior NHS professionals, including myself, met Jeremy Hunt to relate our personal histories and petition him for a public inquiry into whistleblower victimisation. We had all suffered extreme retaliation after raising serious concerns about patient care. Five of us had been dismissed. A week
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has actually been prompted to launch an independent inquiry into Croydon University Hospital over its treatment of a whisteblower doctor. The call came as it emerged board members at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, which runs the health center, were under examination by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) over the 2012
Professor Joseph Meirion Thomas referred to GMC Fitness to Practice Investigation The surgeon who exposed the scandal of “health tourism” in the NHS spoke out after being investigated by the General Medical Council for refusing to give an ineligible health tourist free treatment. The regulator subjected Prof Joseph Meirion Thomas, who has 44 years’ experience
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