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"There is an NHS policy on whistleblowing, but much is promised and nothing is delivered"
"A consultant urologist who was suspended after speaking out against cost-cutting at an NHS hospital has won damages at an employment tribunal in a landmark case. "
"LOYALTY to the NHS and Furness General Hospital in particular is a trait common to every one of its employees.
Nurses, doctors and support staff are committed to providing the best possible care for their patients."
"A NURSE at Furness General Hospital says staff are being put under ‘too much pressure’ after gynaecology services were cut.
The Ward 1 nurse, who does not wish to be named, said a system to close wards at weekends is not working."
"A report into the management of hospitals in Mid Staffordshire will highlight a culture of secrecy about poor working conditions that may have contributed to more than 1,000 patients dying"
"Temporary workers in swine flu call centres are diagnosing patients while high on cannabis or drunk on vodka, a whistleblower has claimed.
The former worker, who said she was forced to leave the 'shambolic environment' at one of the centres, said patients were being put at risk because staff did not receive enough training. "
"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. "
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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. "
"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. "
"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). "
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.
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.
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.
Three NHS nurses who claimed they were victimised after voicing concerns about a colleague have taken their employers to a tribunal.
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.
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.
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.
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