Whistleblowing Doctors Targeted By NHS

Whistleblowing doctors have been targeted by hospital bosses after they have raised concerns about NHS malpractice, a conference has heard. The Patient Safety Conference at the Royal Society of Medicine, held in London on Thursday, was told that hospital trust have wasted “millions of pounds” trying to “destroy” the careers of doctors who raised the alarm about poor care. Dr. Salam Al-Sam, from Justice for Doctors (JFD), told the conference that doctors had noticed a “pattern” where whistleblowing doctors are themselves investigated instead of their concerns. “They say ‘concerns were raised against you, you are not allowed to practice until we’ve finished our internal investigation,’” Dr. Al-Sam said....