House of Commons
Tuesday 9 February 2016
The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock
Oral Answers to Questions
HEALTH
The Secretary of State was asked—
Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab): The report heavily features Ealing hospital, where the radiographer Sharmila Chowdhury blew the whistle on consultants taking bungs—extra payments. She is now jobless and, as a widow with a mortgage, soon to be homeless. Will the Minister urgently look into her case, because despite a plethora of reports—this one and the Francis review—this Government do not seem to be doing anything for her?
Jane Ellison: I do not think that is fair. In fact, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State of State has met the clinician in question, and the Francis review recommendations, as we have adopted them, make it quite clear that staff have a right to speak out. Of course we want everyone to speak out on behalf of patient safety.
SHARMILA CHOWDHURY 
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