Patients at risk without better protection for whistleblowers, says ex-NHS hospitals chief

Maxwell Mclean says his treatment made an absolute mockery of the freedom to speak up' in the NHS

Patient safety is at risk without better protection for NHS whistleblowers, according to a former health service chair who claims he was forced from his job after raising concerns about reviews into preventable baby deaths.

Maxwell Mclean, the former chair of the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation trust, said his treatment made an absolute mockery of the freedom to speak up" in the NHS.