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A nurse has told how she was forced out of working for her local NHS after warning about a series of potentially dangerous problems at the GP surgery where she was employed.
Annabelle Blackburn warned health managers that she had found blood test results being ignored and emails going unanswered.
The problems she claimed to have found included evidence that a woman had not been told about a probable diagnosis of leukaemia, and a man who should have been told he had prostate cancer.
But when the experienced nurse spoke out, other GPs in the county where she worked were told she was ?exaggerating her concerns? and should not be regarded as a genuine whistleblower.
When Mrs Blackburn took her case to a tribunal, a judge said that members of the local primary care trust had thought that she was ?making trouble?.
The case raises questions over the NHS?s commitment to protecting whistleblowers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10356978/NHS-forced-me-out-for-blowing-the-whistle-on-GP.html
Annabelle Blackburn warned health managers that she had found blood test results being ignored and emails going unanswered.
The problems she claimed to have found included evidence that a woman had not been told about a probable diagnosis of leukaemia, and a man who should have been told he had prostate cancer.
But when the experienced nurse spoke out, other GPs in the county where she worked were told she was ?exaggerating her concerns? and should not be regarded as a genuine whistleblower.
When Mrs Blackburn took her case to a tribunal, a judge said that members of the local primary care trust had thought that she was ?making trouble?.
The case raises questions over the NHS?s commitment to protecting whistleblowers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10356978/NHS-forced-me-out-for-blowing-the-whistle-on-GP.html