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Good report from Bruce Keogh.

Good editorial too.

The report states “During several of the reviews, staff came forward to tell the review teams about their concerns in confidence. These staff felt unable to share their anxieties about staffing levels and other issues with their senior managers, which suggested that staff engagement at some of the trusts was not good.”

This is still absolutely typical of too many Trusts. It's why we still need whistleblowers.

It is a culture we have to change.

Some trusts are making good progress on this. Many have hardly started. Staff loyalty has to be to their patients not to their employer when it comes to patient care and safety.

His focus on staffing is truly welcome as I have suggested in http://tinyurl.com/mjxs59t

Let's see if Bruce Keogh's report is an outlier or a harbinger of a new honesty and incisiveness in such inspections.