Managers who silence whistleblowers ‘will never work in NHS again’, vows Streeting
by Jessica Elgot and Denis Campbell from on (#6NTWW)
Exclusive: Shadow health secretary discusses plans for waiting lists and patient safety if Labour wins election
NHS managers who silence and scapegoat whistleblowers will be banned from working in the service, the shadow health secretary has said, as part of a determined drive by Labour to eradicate a culture of cover-ups.
In an interview with the Guardian, Wes Streeting pledged to push through the formal regulation of NHS managers and warned the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that its inspectors must get much better at exposing risks to patients' safety in order to regain the confidence of frontline staff.
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