NHS whistleblowers are being victimised, risking another big hospital scandal, an expert tells the BBC.
Protections for NHS staff to speak out about wrongdoing may be insufficient to prevent another big scandal like that at the Mid Staffordshire hospital trust, an expert has told BBC News.
"So you criticise senior management - and if you're in the position of a senior manager, you don't like that. So what can we do about this?" A University Hospitals Birmingham official says the trust takes safety concerns raised by staff seriously. But when Sir Robert is asked whether he is confident it will prevent another catastrophe, he says: "Am I confident, 100%? No.
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