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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT plans whistleblowing hotline
WORKFORCE: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh foundation trust will this month launch a whistleblowers’ hotline, after a 2010 review found a “culture of bullying” left some staff scared to raise safety concerns.
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NewsStaff bullying claim denied by FT
A foundation trust has taken the “unusual” step of writing to staff about its whistleblowing policy after an MP published allegations of bullying made by trust staff.
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NewsNHS fraud rises a third in three years
The number of fraud cases investigated in the NHS has risen by 37% in the last three years amid the economic downturn, official figures have revealed.
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CommentThe hospital guide and NHS whistleblowers
Last week The Observer had its exclusive on the Dr Foster Hospital Guide, this week it got a telling off about it.
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NewsLatest Dr Foster guide reveals hospital trusts with high death rates
Death rates at 19 hospital trusts in England were alarmingly high last year, according to the latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide.
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NewsGovernment outlines greater protection for NHS whistleblowers
Health service employers will have to pledge to support whistleblowers, under proposed amendments to the NHS constitution in the wake to the Mid Staffs scandal.
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NewsBaby P whistleblower to sue GOSH
A senior doctor who claimed Baby P could have been saved if her warnings had been heeded is suing the NHS for compensation, it has been revealed.
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NewsCQC chair appointment endorsed
The Commons health select committee has endorsed the appointment of Dame Jo Williams as Care Quality Commission chair.
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NewsEx Cornwall chief exec wins £1.2m compensation
The former chief executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been awarded £1.2m in compensation for unfair dismissal over whistleblowing.
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CommentMedia Watch: NHS trusts may soon be courting oligarchs
A front page on the financial arrangements of foundation trusts? Well it wasn’t likely to be The Sun.
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NewsNHS 'silences' 170 whistleblowers
A total of 170 whistleblowing doctors have been made to sign a confidentiality contract in the past 10 years, according to information passed to Channel 4 News and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
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NewsBad practice reporting guide published
A new guide has been made available to employers in the NHS that offers advice on how to ensure staff can report bad practice.
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CommentMichael White on NHS reorganisation
I am very fond of my regular GPs. But Dr A treats the NHS’s budget cautiously, as if it was his own life savings, while Dr B is usually quite happy to fork out on my behalf.
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NewsLansley orders probe into chief's sacking
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has ordered an investigation into NHS South West’s role in the sacking of a trust chief executive.
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NewsBMA calls for more protection against doctor victimisation
Doctors fear their careers may be jeopardised if they raise concerns about patient care, medical chiefs have said.
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NewsCornwall trust chief unfairly dismissed after 'irritating' SHA, tribunal rules
A former trust chief executive was unfairly dismissed when he raised concerns about a controversial cancer reconfiguration, an employment tribunal has found.
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NewsCampaigning doctor loses seat
Richard Taylor, who took Wyre Forest in 2001, pledging to fight the downgrading of Kidderminster Hospital, has been defeated by the Conservatives.
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NewsSacked NHS chief launches unfair dismissal claim
An NHS chief executive sacked for swearing too much at work is launching a claim for unfair dismissal, he has confirmed.
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NewsHospital staff at risk of 'compassion fatigue'
Being asked to treat patients in unsuitable conditions could make nurses desensitised to poor care, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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NewsLincolnshire trust chief exec sacked for swearing
The chief executive of an acute trust has been sacked for swearing in meetings, seven months after he went on sick leave with stress.