Videos and Radio (for articles see below)
New Gosport deaths inquiry – ITV news
LBC Radio – NHS Whistleblowing
No protection for whistleblowers under PIDA – Helen Rochester
Radio interview with sharmila Chowdhury – Richie Allen Show
Sharmila Chowdhury on whistleblowing
Extended protection for whistleblowers? Interview with David Drew on Sky news
BBC Coventry radio interview with Raj Mattu NHS whistleblower
ITV News – Sacked NHS whistleblower receives £1.2m after 15 year legal battle
Public Accounts Committee – making a whistleblowing policy work
NHS Fraud on BBC Victoria Derbyshire show and BBC News
Radio interview – Sharmila on BBC Asian Network
Whistleblowing and culture in NHS – BBC
£1.5bn wasted on NHS redundancy payments – Sky news
Exposure: NHS out of hours undercover
Simon Steven – NHS England interviewed by HSC
House of Lords – whistleblowing
ITN News: treatment of whistleblowers is truly shocking
Channel 5 news – calls to protect NHS whistleblowers
Channel 4 news – whistleblower protection campaign
‘Climate of fear’: NHS staff scared of exposing danger to patients, whistleblowers tell RT
The dangers of NHS whistleblowing
2014 Accountability hearing with CQC
Radio 4 interview with Dr David Drew (12 mins – 24mins)
Sir Robert Francis interview – Sky News
Sir Robert Francis – we need to change the culture – ITV
Whistleblowers treatment is often shocking – BBC
The dangers of NHS whistleblowing – Channel 4
Parliament – complaints and raising concerns
Meeting with Hunt & Stevens – ITV London
David Drew – radio interview over cover up of child’s death
Staff sackings over poor elderly care
Whistleblower warns about raising concerns
How blowing the whistle cost two men their careers Channel 4
NHS Whistleblowers: Are they protected? Channel 4
Parliament – Health Select Committee on raising concerns
James Titcombe interviews Chief Inspector at CQC
Radio 5 interview with whistleblower
Robert Francis: what lessons can be learned
Articles
NHS Ayrshire bullying row as overworked radiographers ‘suicidal’ and ‘scared to speak up’
‘Maverick’ doctor used experimental cancer treatment on 10 patients who died, inquest hear
Gosport hospital deaths: police launch new inquiry
As Julian Assange is arrested, a reminder of what we’ve learned from WikiLeaks
Lancaster radiographer wins ‘first hurdle’ of tribunal case against bullying
Oxford hospital trust faced defamation threat from NHS
Whistleblowing NHS worker to challenge NDA in test case for gagging orders
Embedding the learning from speak up
Sheena Pinion: Fife cancer doctor ‘bulled out of job’ says whistleblowing cost her her career
Why NHS bullying is a real threat to patient safety
Steal from the NHS? A staggering £1.25 billion a year is stolen – enough for 40,000 nurses
hundreds of whistleblowers claim they faced recrimination as NHS fears repeat of Gosport scandal
Health watchdog says lessons must be learned after NHS fraudster landed multiple top jobs
NHS whistleblower forced to withdraw claims after being threatened with ‘life changing’ costs
NHS whistleblowing doubles but critics say watchdog lacks power
‘I was left to fight alone NHS whistleblowing protection
‘I had a moral duty’ : whistleblowers on why they spoke up
Three NHS bosses used names of U2 stars in £1.4 million fraud, court told
Fraud in the NHS could have paid for 40,000 nurses
whistleblowing: public services fail to deliver on promise of open culture
After scandal of Gosport… time to act to protect whistleblowers
Disgraced NHS boss who retired on £1.9million pension pot four years ago RE-HIRED
‘Common people’ – play on whistleblowing
Dentist who won faces huge legal bill
NHS whistleblowers will get compensation if blacklisted by NHS
Ex- Teacher sues for £700k after bullying
Healthcare company misled healthcare regarding pensions
Liverpool NHS scandal shows how culture of denial harms patients
NHS bosses who cover up serious failings could be banned from taking another hospital job
Independent review of Liverpool Community NHS Hospital Trust
Liverpool NHS Trust ‘dysfunctional’ and unsafe report find
NHS staff call whistleblower helpline as bosses ‘ignore issues’
Damning dossier from Ambulance trust whistleblower
Letter to CEO at ealing Hospital
Whistleblower claims 20 people dies where ambulances were late
Letter to Prime Minister from consultants in 68 Acute hospitals in England & Wales
Ex-health boss’s claims of ‘bullying and gagging’ in Welsh NHS
Hospital chiefs ‘risking patients to hit targets’
Appalling treatment of whistleblowers must be investigated
Whistleblower forces A&E waiting times review
‘Despicable’ fraud costs NHS £1bn a year
Badly behaved surgeons are putting patients lives in danger due to culture of bullying
NHS staff lay bare a bullying culture
Why I became a radiology whistleblower
The social services boss fired after ‘blowing the whistle’ on grooming
Lessons learned from Bristol – Dr Steve Bolsin
GPs should be investigated by new patient safety whistleblowing watchdog
Heart surgeon who became an Uber driver
NHS buries 19,000 suspected deaths
Hospital boss who defrauded NHS is ordered to tell the court how she is going to repay it
Veteran NHS boss was sacked for tackling carry-on-style sex ring
Norwich hospital inspected by CQC after whistleblowing claims
In defence of whistleblowers – they should not be cast as dissenters
NHS whistleblower who exposed understaffing in ITU claims ‘three years on and nothing’s changed’
Croyden University Hospital doctor sacked amid a toxic working atmosphere wins right to compensation
NHS whistleblower claims she was sacked to protect HIV-infected surgeon
Northumberland Tyne and Wear Trust nurse bullied over IT security concerns
The dedicated doctor they tried to gag
Court of Appeal backs greater protection for whistleblowing junior doctors
Top doctor sacked dedicates his lifetime award to all sacked whistleblowers
How many more children like Kayden must die?
Patient Safety ?- Poem from NHS whistleblower
Whistleblowers ‘to be protected’ if they apply for NHS jobs
Whistleblowers out in the cold: struggling to find work
How can I work again after the trauma of whistleblowing?
Greedy NHS chief earning £200,000 a year defrauded her own trust
Whistleblower dentist wins legal claim
Former F1 doctor who turned whistleblower sacked by NHS bosses
Legal experts draw on experience of NHS cover-ups as they draw up new Hillsborough bill
NHS whistleblowers still fear the ‘finger of blame’
Whistleblowers need to be at the centre of National Guardians Advisory group
NHS whistleblowing articles in 2016: 2 years post Francis with no change
Accountability – North Middlesex Hospital and the one that got away
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman annual scrutinity
NHS whistleblowers ‘gagged and blacklisted’ says petition group
Patients at risk as thousands of warnings are ignored
A sickening whitewash: Fury as boss who spent £10m to silence whistleblowers faces no action
‘It’s ruined my career’: accounts of bullying in the NHS
Press release: Patient care remains at risk in Berkshire West while whistleblowers are victimised
NHS whistleblowing helpline dubbed ‘completely toothless’
NHS whistleblower ‘facing sack’ goes on hunger strike
mentally ill prisoners are left untreated says whistleblower
Turn that frown upside down! Grumpy nurses and doctors are told to ‘cheer up’
ARI surgeons under investigation cleared by watchdog
NHS Gagging: How CQC sits on its hands
whistleblowers not allowed to join whistleblowing events organised by NHS employers
Boss of scandal-hit hospital with 287 unexplained deaths apologises
Shamed NHS boss and why she MUST go
Whistleblowers being ‘blacklisted by NHS’
UK law fails to protect whistleblowers
CQC Deaths Review: All fur coat….
NHS whistleblower whose 40 year career came to an abrupt end is awarded payout of more than £250,000
Boss of failing NHS trust claims she never saw email alerts over patient safety
Mersey Care: 443 staff compromise agreements
Southern Health NHS trust ‘paid millions’ to Katrina Percy’s associates
Former nurse blasts Morecambe Bay Trust whistleblowing policy
GMC’s proposed fitness to practice – Peter Wilmshurst
Firm appointed for New Cross Hospital whistleblower probe
Jeremy Hunt warned new whistleblowing tsar is not independent enough
Whistleblower confidence in the National Guardian
Care Quality Commission Report – North Middlesex University Hospital
Scandal-hit hospital faces fresh probe into whether it is to blame for nearly 300 patient deaths
NHS in new part-time health service whistleblowing trsar row as second person appointed
A word in Your Shelford-like, Mr Behan
New National Guardian appointed to lead the NHS in speaking up freely and safely
A new way forward for disciplinaries: the whistleblower’s view
Major NHS report due into Bristol Children’s hospital
Report condemns hospital in baby death cover up
Former South Devon boss denies £20k fraud
Former Torbay Hospital boss denies £20,000 NHS fraud
£177k forked out by NHS on New Cross whistleblower bill
New twist in long-running battle of whistleblower doctor ‘wrongly sacked’ by Croydon’s NHS Trust
Watchdog criticises A&E unit which told patients to go home if they weren’t dying
Whistleblower surgeon wins battle to clear name
Former Torbay Hospital boss appears in court on fraud charges
Head of trust under investigation was awarded CBE
Illness prevent former Torbay Hospital boss Paula Vasco-Knight attending court on fraud charges
Former Torbay Hospital boss Paula Vasco-Knight due in court charged with NHS fraud
New Cross Hospital whistleblower report: I won’t quit, says chief Exec David Loughton
‘He has to go’ whistleblowers demand of the New Cross boss
‘Now sack £200,00o boss who hounded NHS whistleblower’
FPPR closure letter from CQC to St George’s re Paula Vasco-Knight
Open letter from whistleblower re: Paula Vasco-Knight
Doctor suspended for revealing Muslim surgeon refused to take off hijab before operating
Health boss Paula Vasco-Knight suspended over finance claims
How HR can manage the new NHS whistleblowing policy
Equal opportunity for all at the caring Quality Commision
Queen’s personal surgeon quits after controversial suspension
‘Desperate’ Tory plot to organise own letter from doctors exposed in bombshell email
NHS whistleblower investigator in a ‘Freedom to Speak Up’ role
NHS whistleblower told she was ‘too honest’ to work for the health service
Second whistleblower tsar quits as Jeremy Hunt’s DoH sinks further into ‘crisis’
NHS England: New measures set to support whistleblowers in primary care
NHS Improvement: Whistleblowing policy for the NHS
‘Treatment of NHS whistleblowers is a stain on its reputation’
Ex social worker whistleblower Carol Woods detained in the Orchard unit Lancaster
Staff speak out against NHS watchdog
NHS bosses blew £61,000 on whistleblowing tsar
Trainee consultant who blew the whistle on understaffed ITU backed by 1,000 doctors
‘Common people’ – play on whistleblowing
Discipline in the NHS and the death of Amin Abdullah
Whistleblowers let down by government says MPs
NHS whistleblower cases must be reopened
NHS whistleblowing: Public Accounts Committee Report 2016
Jeremy Hunt: Learning from mistakes
Learning from mistakes means you will have to start listening to NHS whistleblowers, Jeremy Hunt
NHS whistleblowing Tsar role hits new delay
‘Bullying culture’ at QE hospital stopped staff speaking out over heart surgery unit, says report
Too many avoidable errors in patients care, says NRLS report
Lord Darzi: System for reporting NHS errors ‘needs overhaul’
People not given answers when they complain to NHS, latest ombudsman report report reveals
Health reform chief backed contracts with ‘gagging clause’
CQC statement on resignation of Eileen Sills as National Guardian
Freedom to speak up event with the National Guardian
Cover-up culture remain in the NHS, say staff
NHS National Guardian: ‘I know what it’s like to provide care on the front line’
NHS staff survey prompt calls to tackle bullying and discrimination
Junior doctor claims career was wrecked by lack of protection for whistleblowers
Nurse said bosses refused him hospital shifts because he spoke out about A&E
NHS whistleblower Narinder Kapur tells Indian doctors to stay away from Stalinist UK system
CCG whistleblower sacked days after raising conflicts of interest
NHS Hospitals pressured to ‘cook the books’
Hunt ignores question in House of Commons
My name is Sharmila. I am an NHS whistleblower
NHS hospitals pressured to ‘cook books’
Whistleblowers saves lives. So protect them
Branded a rapist for daring to be an NHS whistleblower
Press release from Raj Mattu’s legal team
Health service still victimising whistleblowers
Urgent request for whistleblower protection
Shropshire whistleblower dentist tells job tribunal of ‘witch hunt’
Heart surgeon sacked for whistleblowing could get £11m of taxpayer’s cash on compo claim
Vindicated: sacked whistleblower receives £1.2 payout after NHS spent £10m to crush him
Whistleblowing – Department of Health. New list of prescribed people
More Hunt balls: how the Health Secretary ‘protects’ whistleblowers
Is it time for Walsall’s Manor Hospital boss to leave?
Junior doctors aren’t just going on strike. They are trying to warn us
It cost me my job, reputation and family life but I’d be an NHS whistleblower again
Call for transparency on 12 mums’ deaths
Doctor sacked for whistleblowing should face fresh tribunal says judge
Ex-Southern health worker warned bosses of safety failings
Hospital top brass put playing golf and private ops before NHS work
Threat of cabinet shunt for Hunt over doctor’s strike
‘Dear Mr Hunt, who is responsible for redress of whistleblowers?’
HSJ – An open letter to Jeremy Hunt from a whistleblower
Brixham nurse reveals battle to clear her name
NHS whistleblower helpline ‘useless’ campaigner claims
Whistleblower retires with her career in Scotland ruined
Brixham whistleblower nurse: ‘My four years of hell’
Heart warming ‘thank you’ to a NHS whistleblower
NICE urges doctors to treat dying patients as individuals
Sustainability and financial performance of acute hospital trusts
CQC ‘is not yet an effective regulator of health and social care’
NHS trust ‘failed to investigate hundreds of deaths’
Gagged, smeared, sue and threatened by the NHS
Blacklisting of NHS whistleblowers
CQC criticised for errors leading to trust’s £200k ‘fit and proper person’ bill
Every nurse should feel able to speak up
NHS whistleblower fears patients will die as he leaks image of suffering patients
National whistleblowing policy launched by Monitor, NHS England and NHS TDA
Any Weir: Bullying case NHS boss leaves with £170,000
Doctors hunger strike at Parliament against whistleblower discrimination
NHS Mental health trust admits whistleblower who spoke out about bullying acted in good faith
United Nations Human Rights: Protection of sources and whistleblowers
‘Silence is often the only safe option left’ – United Nations
CQC slams door on whistleblowers
NHS Whistleblower: There is no protection for those who have already spoken out
NHS Grampian whistleblower cleared over bullying claims
Whistlebower outed by NHS bosses in cancer drugs cover up
CQC’s processes leaves Whistleblowers in the cold
Chief Executive excluded from work after whistleblower complaints
Why Jeremy Hunt’s promise to protect whistleblowers is nothing but hot air
CQC sets details for NHS whistleblower guardian
‘Left on the bones of my backside Mr Hunt’
Devon hospital chief quit whistleblower awarded payout
Jeremy Hunt: message to NHS staff about future of NHS
Innocent falsely accused GP fights back
Jeremy Hunt: Making healthcare more human-centred and not system-centred
Fit & Proper persons: CQCs movable goal posts
Another message in a bottle to Jeremy Hunt
N&N hospital chief resigns after reports highlights alleged bullying culture
Critique of Francis’ model of trust appointed guardians
Queen’s personal surgeon hit by OPs ban
Francis: a teacup of water to put out a house fire
The judge delivered no justice
‘Don’t shoot the messenger’: the problem of whistleblowing in general practice
Blowing the whistle – letter to editor
Health secretary – ‘victimisation of Croydon NHS whistleblower not my problem’
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt criticised
Protection of NHS whistleblowers and NHS quality improvement – two birds killed with one stone
Statement – barts and Charlotte Monroe
Bristol MP ‘determined upholder of NHS values of care free at point of delivery – clinicians
The Independent – Hung out to dry
Labour to create NHS champions
NHS whistleblower demands an apology and comparable job
Liverpool NHS boss who presided over ‘bullying’ and ‘blame’ culture lands a new job
The Independent – Sacked NHS whistleblower vindicated
Tories accused of hiding totally shocking report into NHS management
Appalling treatment of NHS whistleblowers must be investigated
Liverpool Womens Hospital executive resigns maid ‘bullying’ and ‘victimisation’ claims
Jeremy Hunt – help and justice for NHS whistleblowers
Lack of support for whistleblowers is a disgrace
Dear Sir Robert Francis your report on NHS whistleblowers is not enough
Jeremy Hunt – is sorry really the hardest word?
Whistleblower whitewash: health staff who dare to speak out will not be protected says report
NHS whistleblower: report doesn’t go far enough
Whistleblowing: ‘it is still not safe for us to speak out’
NHS boss pocketed £155,000 by retiring for just 24 hours
Hunt: sweeping reforms to end ‘NHS cover up culture’
Francis NHS whistleblower report: a new beginning?
Labour leader Ed Miliband throws support behind brave NHS whistleblower Sharmila Chowdhury
Health Select Committee – Complaints and Raising Concerns
Ed Miliband honours Ealing ‘champions’ at House of Commons
NHS whistleblowers slam Croydon University Hospital over treatment of sacked doctor
NHS whistleblower invited to local heros event
Care worker QUITS because only had 15 minutes to spend with frail pensioners
Quality of care and patient safety in the UK: the way forward after Mid Staffordshire Brian Jarman
Call for evidence: NHS complaints and clinical failure
‘This brutal gagging of NHS whistleblowers will mean more patients will die’ Gary Walker
Dudley hospital whistleblower settles out of court
Care Quality Commission: fiddling while whistleblowers burn
Fit and proper persons and duty of candour for NHS bodies
Care home boss suspended after naming whistleblower
The NHS is allowing babies to be maimed
‘U’ turn from Hunt’s team following media pressure
Ignored: whistleblower’s claim of nurse who ‘killed slowly’
‘Landmark legal win’ for cardiologist Kevin Beatt sacked by Croydon Hospital
Health service whistleblower says: ‘I lost my shifts for raising my concerns about patient’
Jeremy Hunt: Message to NHS staff on transparent, safe healthcare
‘There were hundreds of us crying for help’: The afterlife of the whistleblower
Personal issue or does this need investigation ? You decide
Whistleblowing in the NHS – how safe are you?
Hospital whistleblower boss was taken off inquiry
‘No doctor should be untouchable’ Peter Wilmshurst
Hospital whistleblower was forced out of work by smear campaign
Call to protect Scottish NHS whistleblowers
Jeremy Hunt message to NHS staff on ‘sign up to safety campaign’
Whistleblowing heart surgeon is suspended on full pay
Woolwich gynaecologist defrauded the NHS out of thousands of pounds
Parents’ long wait of truth on baby’s death may be over
Whistleblower bullied by bosses
It’s time to stop bullying in the NHS for the sake of patients
NHS whistleblowing problems persist
My story – Noel Finn, Serco whistleblower
Four top health experts jailed for scamming NHS out of £1.1m by working half their contracted hours
Four jailed over £1.4m NHS fraud
Whistleblowing in the NHS – how safe are you?
Hunt orders NHS chiefs to set aside gagging orders
Whistleblowers are promised more protection and new jobs
Robert Francis – Fear must not stop whistleblowers coming forward
Freedom to speak up – Independent review into whistleblowing
I reported my concerns but was given the brush off
Independent review urges whistleblowers to speak up
Whistleblowing – Conclusions and Recommendations from Public Accounts Committee
Former judge to probe GMC treatment of whistleblowing doctors
Public sector whistleblowers ‘treated shockingly’ report finds
Whistleblower treatment is often shocking say MPs
Francis whistleblowing inquiry just a tip of the iceberg
DOH to establish anti-fraud department
NHS whistleblower demands action
The Christie – human tissue sale probe
Jeremy Hunt – Changing culture in NHS
Whistleblower says NHS paid for dead patients
Surgeon dismissed after complaining about lack of equipment
Surgeon wins fight after NHS cover-up
Police called in over whistleblower’s claim of ‘cover-up’ over top of the NHS that led to deaths
I was held prisoner at The Christie
NHS falling short of complaints handling – BBC news
Independent review planned to protect whistleblowers
Provider ordered to pay whistleblower £80k
Cherry Tree House did not meet minimum requirements
Protecting whistleblowers must be at the heart of change
BMA sues whistleblower surgeon
Officials to probe whistleblowers claim he was hounded out of NHS
Getting whistleblowers back to work
Jeremy Hunt message to staff on strengthening patient safety
Hunt vows to punish NHS bullies
Whistleblower sacked from Ealing Hospital demand a public inquiry
Whistleblowing in the NHS – Independent review
NHS whistleblowers to air complaints with jeremy Hunt
Letter to Jeremy Hunt 2 – help & justice for Sharmila
I was blacklisted for speaking out
Letter from DOH – received 30 May 2014
If NHS were an airline they would always be crashing
Vindication of a whistleblower – The Daily Mail
Providing false information could become a criminal offence
Why whistleblowers pay the most – HSJ
Jeremy Hunt – recommendations of a whistleblower
NHS Whistleblowers need more protection
DOH tried to stop a doctor warning minister of poor care
We must listen to NHS Whistleblowers says new NHS chief
Pressure grows to deliver justice for whistleblowers
Why NHS managers should support Whistleblowers
NHS Whistleblowers demand Justice – The Times
Message from Jeremy Hunt to NHS staff on whistleblowing
I can’t get a job and could lose my home says care home whistleblower
Patients First – message from Kim Holt & Roger Kline
Whistleblower ‘blacklisted’ for exposing dozing nurses
Whistleblower surgeon suffer after claims of poor care
Meeting with Ed Jones, Advisor to Jeremy Hunt
Whistleblower nurse who exposed shocking truth about Stafford Hospital
Transparency & Honesty – King’s Fund
Simple lessons for the NHs from a whistleblower – Stephen Bolsin
EU considers US style rewards for whistleblowers
Jeremy Hunt warns NHS bosses not to block whistleblowing
Duty of Candour and fear of whistleblowing
NHS staff to have lessons in whistleblowing
NHS whistleblowers have raised 8,000 cases
CQC will listen to historical whistleblowers
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