Public Why don't we have more UK whistleblowers? A possible answer.

People often wonder why we don't have many whistleblowers who come forward about bad treatments and practices in the UK. Here's what recently happened to a Dr who did try to whistleblow. He got threatened with an unpayable legal bill if he did not win his case.

http://54000doctors.org/reports/private-eye-whacking-the-whistleblower-jan-2019.html

 

The details of what he was whistleblowing are at the bottom of this post. http://54000doctors.org/blogs/unanimous-dr-c-day.html

It seems his concerns were well founded.

 

Interesting to see the allegation (in the full article) that there was also that old favourite, the threat of a wasted costs application and referral to the legal regulator, against his lawyers.

 

On the subject of whistle blowing by doctors or other people employed by the NHS, this link is old (2011), but very informative, and well worth reading.

http://drphilhammond.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Shoot_the_Mesenger_FINAL.pdf

 

Yes, it can be found somewhere amongst Margaret Williams articles. You can't teach an old dog new tricks; they prefer to do what they have always done.

 

Yes that's right, see p 12 -16, and I believe the same tactic had been used by NICE for other cases which had gone to Judicial Review:

http://www.margaretwilliams.me/2014/uk-governments-three-pronged-strategy-for-cfsme.pdf