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Hundreds of NHS staff forced to sign gagging clauses to stop them revealing poor care and abuse they witnessed in hospitals will at last be free to speak out.
Head of the health service, Sir David Nicholson, has admitted that a new ban on the silencing agreements will also be applied retrospectively, allowing whistleblowers who were suppressed for years to reveal the truth.
The embattled NHS boss yesterday was questioned by MPs about why ?15million was handed over to 400 departing doctors, nurses and managers in an attempt to ensure their silence.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sign-gagging-clauses-WILL-able-speak-out.html
Head of the health service, Sir David Nicholson, has admitted that a new ban on the silencing agreements will also be applied retrospectively, allowing whistleblowers who were suppressed for years to reveal the truth.
The embattled NHS boss yesterday was questioned by MPs about why ?15million was handed over to 400 departing doctors, nurses and managers in an attempt to ensure their silence.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sign-gagging-clauses-WILL-able-speak-out.html