NHS whistleblowers need to be better protected by the law, says BMA

Doctors' union claims its members are labelled troublemakers' for speaking up about their concerns

NHS whistleblowers need stronger legal protection to prevent hospitals using unfair disciplinary procedures to force out doctors who flag problems, the British Medical Association has said.

Doctors are being actively vilified" for speaking out, which has resulted in threats to patient safety, including unnecessary deaths, according to the council chair of the doctors' union, Phil Banfield.