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A clerk at the Scottish Parliament recently advised Rab Wilson to change the wording of his submission to the Petitions Committee.
He might not want to claim direct responsibility for influencing ministers' decisions, including the setting up of an NHS whistleblowers helpline, the official said, because "it may diminish your credibility in the eyes of the committee".
There is only problem with that: Mr Wilson almost certainly is directly responsible for this, and other significant changes in improving NHS safety in Scotland such as the recently launched strategy for dealing with adverse medical events.
His five-year battle to access learning reports following serious incidents at NHS Ayrshire and Arran saw him using freedom of information rules to demonstrate that more than 50 incidents, many of which resulted in deaths, had been hushed up by the health board.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...former-nurse-who-shook-up-nhs-safety.22263008
He might not want to claim direct responsibility for influencing ministers' decisions, including the setting up of an NHS whistleblowers helpline, the official said, because "it may diminish your credibility in the eyes of the committee".
There is only problem with that: Mr Wilson almost certainly is directly responsible for this, and other significant changes in improving NHS safety in Scotland such as the recently launched strategy for dealing with adverse medical events.
His five-year battle to access learning reports following serious incidents at NHS Ayrshire and Arran saw him using freedom of information rules to demonstrate that more than 50 incidents, many of which resulted in deaths, had been hushed up by the health board.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...former-nurse-who-shook-up-nhs-safety.22263008