NHS Resolution solicitor overlooking hospital doctors under investigation. An AI image illustrating the situation facing hospital doctors in the NHS Following my blog on the secret process using NHS Resolution to help hospital managers discredit whistleblowers I decided to ask the advisory body a series of questions on its operations using the Freedom of Information Act. What emerged was…

Two weeks ago I published a critical examination of how NHS Resolution’s Practitioner Performance Advice service contributed to the demise of whistleblower doctors revealing patient safety issues who stand to lose in 97 per cent of cases when they come before an employment tribunal. Ealing Hospital Pic credit:BBC Since publication a number of doctors and patients have contacted me about their…

logo for NHS Resolution Why do 97 per cent of whistleblowers fail to win their cases in employment tribunals? Why are they sacked – not for their disclosures of patient safety which is illegal – but under the nebulous title – some other substantial reason (SOSR)? This could be allegations of bullying or saying they cannot get on with colleagues. But how does a trust gather such information to…