Blow that whistle

NHS staff must be able to blow whistle, Health Secretary says

NHS staff must be able to blow the whistle and the health service must listen and act, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has said.

“It cannot be right that NHS management spends millions of pounds fighting doctors who have concerns over patients’ safety,” she wrote in the Telegraph, referring to an investigation by the newspaper published this week.

“I will never put protecting reputations ahead of protecting patient safety. Every concern should be investigated, and every staff member should be free to raise them without fear of recrimination or damaging their career,” she wrote.

Worthless electioneering by current but not for long Health Secretary Victoria Atkins, but we know that. 

Patients and the relatives of patients have been blowing hard on those whistles for a while. From the patient's anecdotal perspective of course, but the whistling chorus hasn't changed for years.

How about MPs blowing a few whistles on the permanent administration and their tame experts? Lots of scope there.