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How NHS whistleblowers are silenced and sacked
By Dr Phil Hammond and Andrew Bousfield
THE NHS will always need whistleblowers. Healthcare is complex, rapidly changing and dangerous; staff are fallible, variably trained and widely spaced; and demands are huge and resources limited. As this special report highlights, however, the shocking treatment of NHS whistleblowers persists as the body that is trusted to care for us from cradle to grave systematically covers up scandals, crushes dissent and kills patients unnecessarily...
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Yes, it's another onslaught of campaign leaflets…
Mind the gap
How the Sun offered Rupert Murdoch helpful tips
Tears of a clown
Paula Vennells' Post Office inquiry appearance in depth
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