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NHS is paying millions to gag whistleblowers- The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"NHS whistleblowers are routinely gagged in order to cover up dangerous and even dishonest practices that could attract bad publicity and damage a hospital's reputation.
Some local NHS bodies are spending millions of taxpayers' money to pay off and silence whistleblowers with "super gags" to stop them going public with patient safety incidents. Experts warn that patients' lives are being endangered by the use of intimidatory tactics to force out whistleblowers and deter other professionals from coming forward. "
NHS trust 'tried to gag' doctor who spoke out - The Independent 28th October 2009
"An NHS trust tried to impose a gagging clause on a consultant as part of a deal to terminate his employment, to prevent him speaking out about issues of patient safety, it is alleged today.
The Liverpool Women's Foundation NHS Trust offered Peter Bousfield, a long-serving consultant, early retirement and a termination payment after failing to resolve complaints he had raised about staffing levels."
Liverpool whistleblower nurse who was struck off after Panorama programme tells her story - Liverpool Echo 14th October 2009
"SHE is the whistleblower nurse whose plight sparked a national outcry. Margaret Haywood, from Liverpool, was struck off after secretly filming neglect of elderly patients in a hospital.
The 59-year-old, who now lives in Anfield, had more than 20 years experience as a nurse when a Panorama programme was broadcast featuring her footage of a ward at Royal Sussex Hospital, Brighton, in 2005."
Liverpool nurse Margaret Haywood wins fight for job - Liverpool Echo 13th October 2009
"A LIVERPOOL nurse, who was struck off for secretly filming poor standards of care at a hospital, has won her fight to return to work.
Margaret Haywood, 58, from Everton, blew the whistle on the neglect of elderly patients at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton, for TV programme Panorama."
High Court reinstates nurse who exposed neglect - The Independent 13th October 2009
"A nurse who was struck off the register for blowing the whistle on unacceptably low standards of care for elderly patients has won her fight for re-instatement. "
Nurse struck off for whistleblowing is allowed back to work - The Times 13th October 2009
"A whistleblower nurse who was struck off after raising concerns about poor standards of care has won her fight to return to work.
Margaret Haywood secretly filmed the neglect of elderly patients for a television documentary and was struck off the nursing register for misconduct in April. "
Panorama nurse can return to work - BBC Health News 10th October 2009
"A nurse who was struck off the register for secretly filming care for the elderly at a Brighton hospital has won her battle to return to work.
The High Court approved a settlement between Margaret Haywood and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). "
Nurse was 'victim of hate campaign' - Manchester Evening News 23rd September 2009
A NURSE at the centre of a 'whistleblowing' case choked back tears as she told an employment tribunal how she had become desperate after being subjected to a lengthy hate campaign by colleagues.
Jenny Fecitt, who has 21 years of experience within the National Health Service, is one of three nurses claiming they were victimised after voicing concerns about male nurse Daniel Swift, who they learned had not been qualified for his job.
Whistleblow nurses 'victimised' - Manchester Evening News 22nd September 2009
THREE nurses who claimed they were victimised after voicing concerns about a colleague have taken their employers to a tribunal.
The women claim NHS Manchester failed to protect them when they blew the whistle on a male nurse at the Forum walk-in centre, Wythenshawe.
NHS whistleblower Jenny Fecitt ‘was told house would be burnt down’ - The Times 23rd September 2009
A senior NHS nurse faced a “witchhunt” and was threatened with having her house burnt down if she did not drop a complaint against a colleague, an employment tribunal has been told.
Jenny Fecitt, who worked at an NHS walk-in centre in Wythenshawe, South Manchester, said that at the time of a phone call in which the threat was made she was in dispute with her employer after raising concerns over another nurse’s qualifications.
Whistle-blowing nurses take NHS to tribunal - Daily Telegraph 22nd September 2009
Three NHS nurses who claimed they were victimised after voicing concerns about a colleague have taken their employers to a tribunal.
NHS 'whistleblower' claims hospital bullied him - Daily Telegraph 9th September 2009
An NHS whistleblower claims that he was subjected to a campaign of bullying and harassment after raising concerns about patient safety and care at a London hospital.
Consultant 'victimised for exposing cost-cutting - The Independent 9th September 2009
A leading cancer consultant who repeatedly raised concerns about the health and safety of patients at a London hospital will claim today that he was victimised by managers and had his warnings ignored.
Ian Birrell: The health service needs whistleblowers - The Independent 9th September 2009
Soon after Alan Milburn became Health minister in 1997, he wrote to employers across the National Health Service telling them that staff must have "maximum freedom of speech" without fear of victimisation. Two years later, a ground-breaking piece of legislation gave legal protection and uncapped compensation to whistleblowers in Britain. Only Japan and South Africa have statutes of similar force.
IVF embryologist who blew whistle on hospital's blunders a 'broken record' - Daily Telegraph 27th August 2009
An embryologist at a leading fertility clinic that was claimed to have used the wrong sperm to fertilise the eggs of women in treatment, Biserka Pavlovic, has said her safety concerns were ignored after she blew whistle on its blunders.
'My fight to stop IVF mix-ups' - BBC Health News 27th August 2009
Fertilising eggs from the wrong sperm donor is a nightmare scenario for IVF clinics, which came to light in the case of a white woman in Leeds who found herself giving birth to black twins in 2002. But The Report's Nadene Ghouri has since found a routine neglect of safeguards to prevent such mix-ups at a major London hospital led one embryologist to turn whistle-blower.
Nurses who blew whistle on drugs 'driven out of jobs' - The Independent on Sunday 28th June 2009
Nurses who voiced concerns about the widespread use of potentially lethal drugs on elderly patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital were harassed, labelled "troublemakers" and driven out of their jobs, the General Medical Council was told last week.
Several nurses warned senior managers at the Hampshire hospital as far back as 1991 that patients were being started on powerful painkillers before they showed any signs of pain, the Council's five-person Fitness to Practice Panel was told.
Whistleblower helpline for doctors as concerns for patient safety grow - The Times 27th June 2009
Hospital doctors wanting to raise fears about patient safety are to be given an anonymous “whistleblower” helpline because of growing evidence of staff reluctance to speak out for fear of recriminations.
The dedicated phoneline has been set up as part of new guidelines issued by the British Medical Association, and seen by The Times, designed to help to formalise the process of “whistleblowing” in the NHS.
NHS doctors bullied into silence over dangerous practices - The Independent on Sunday 7th June 2009
Senior doctors who speak out against dangerous practices are being frustrated or even bullied into silence, according to new research by the British Medical Association (BMA).
Three-quarters of hospital consultants surveyed have had concerns about patient safety, professional misconduct or bullying at some point, and seven out of 10 have spoken out to managers. But one in six said they had been warned that whistleblowing could jeopardise their careers, despite laws that supposedly protect NHS staff who report substandard care.
NHS whistleblowers 'need greater legal protection' says BMJ - The Telegraph 27th May 2009
NHS whistleblowers should be given greater legal protection after a nurse was struck off for exposing the neglect of patients, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has warned.
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