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Strength in Numbers dedicated to my late mother Kay

20/06/2016 • 4:30 pm 0

£177k forked out by NHS on New Cross whistleblower bill

An independent report on New Cross Hospital’s botched investigation into a whistleblower’s claims cost the NHS nearly £180,000, it can be revealed.

Investigative consultants Verita were called in to look at New Cross bosses’ handling of Sandra Haynes-Kirkbright’s allegations relating to an alleged cover up over mortality rates. A Freedom of Information request by the Express & Star reveals the firm was paid £134,879 for producing the report, with a further £42,688 spent on legal fees.

The total figure of £177,567 has been branded a ‘scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money’ by a prominent city councillor, while Walsall Manor Hospital whistleblower Dr David Drew said he was appalled that such vast sums had been ‘squandered’ rather than being spent on patient care.

Verita’s inquiry led to calls for the trust’s chief executive David Loughton to stand down over his treatment of Mrs Haynes-Kirkbright. It found that the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust’s investigation into claims of malpractice was ‘significantly flawed’ and criticised Mr Loughton for being ‘dismissive’ of the allegations.

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http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2016/06/19/177k-forked-out-by-nhs-on-new-cross-whistleblower-bill/

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Sandra Haynes-Kirkbright

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04/04/2016 • 2:55 pm 1

NHS whistle-blower told she was ‘too honest’ to work for the health service

An NHS whistle-blower who raised concerns about patient safety was told she was “too honest” to work for the organisation, The Telegraph can disclose.

Maha Yassaie, chief pharmacist at the now defunct Berkshire West Primary Care Trust, was told by a human resources consultant that her “values” made it difficult to work for the health service.

The investigator, Kelvin Cheatle, who was brought in from a private law firm to examine bullying claims and has carried out several similar inquiries for other NHS trusts, told the whistle-blower during a meeting: “If I had your values I would find it very difficult to work in the NHS”, according to a transcript of the conversation. The independence of the consultant who made the comments has also been called into question since the conclusion of his investigation, when it emerged that he appeared to coach witnesses during the inquiry.

Mrs Yassaie was subsequently sacked from the Trust. However, following an employment tribunal in 2014, the whistle-blower was awarded £375,000 by the NHS, and the Department of Health was forced to admit that “the investigation and disciplinary processes… were, in some respects, flawed”.

The disclosures about the investigation into Mrs Yassaie after she raised concerns will fuel fears that NHS whistle-blowers are not treated fairly.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/nhs-whistle-blower-told-she-was-too-honest-to-work-for-the-healt/

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Maha Yassaie at her home in Buckinghamshire

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13/02/2015 • 6:21 pm 0

Eileen Chubb – Compassion in Care gives an initial response to Robert Francis QC review of whistle-blowing. “It is a complete betrayal of whistle-blowers”

Eileen Chubb  fighting for Edna’s Law and justice for whistle-blowers. A former care worker who saw vulnerable elderly people abused and tortured and blew the Whistle along with six other brave co-workers

http://www.compassionincare.com/campaigns

Eileen gives an initial responce to Robert Francis QC review of whistle-blowing which was published on 11th February 2015.

Over 1,500 whistle-blowers gave evidence which was submitted to Sir Robert Frances by Eileen, also a petition set up in support of whistle-blowers by change.org where many whistle-blowers signed anonymously (the reasons are obvious) which amounts to evidence of 3,000 whistle-blowers, none of which are shown in the report “as if they did not even exist”.

This is a complete betrayal of whistle-blowers says Eileen and there is not a single thing in this review that would have saved Edna from being abused.

She calls for a full public inquiry into the whistle-blowers who have been failed by PIDA and that only by holding to account those responsible for covering up wrong doing and harming whistle-blowers can future whistle-blowers hope to be protected. “You can not have justice whilst injustice is allowed to stand”. Eileen Chubb.

 

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26/06/2014 • 11:39 am 2

Help for Whistle Blowers – Please sign – We need as much help as possible

Dear all, may I ask that you all get behind a very simple campaign organised by Fiona Bell http://www.unityportal.org
All I ask is that your willing to have your name added to the attached letter in support of whistle blowers.

I’d ask that you share this message amongst as many as possible in order to get as much support as possible for brave people whom have spoken out often at great personal cost to themselves in order to protect others.

Please click on the link Restore and Build and sign under my name and please email back to me or Fiona

Please click on the link to download and sign Restore & Rebuild

Email back to: thelast6months@hotmail.co.uk

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