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The head of the NHS will on Wednesday be accused of misleading Parliament and of taking part in a ?systemic cover-up?, after figures disclosed that hospitals have spent ?2 million on 50 secret gagging orders.
Sir David Nicholson, who is retiring next year after criticism over his role in the Mid Staffs scandal, told MPs in March that he had only come across one of the orders, used for gagging whistle-blowers.
However, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that at least 52 staff have been silenced using the orders since 2008, some of which cost as much as ?500,000. All are thought to contain confidentiality clauses.
The true number is likely to be higher. A quarter of hospital trusts in England and Wales failed to respond, while the survey did not include GPs, the ambulance service and mental health trusts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...usts-spend-2m-to-stop-staff-speaking-out.html
Sir David Nicholson, who is retiring next year after criticism over his role in the Mid Staffs scandal, told MPs in March that he had only come across one of the orders, used for gagging whistle-blowers.
However, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that at least 52 staff have been silenced using the orders since 2008, some of which cost as much as ?500,000. All are thought to contain confidentiality clauses.
The true number is likely to be higher. A quarter of hospital trusts in England and Wales failed to respond, while the survey did not include GPs, the ambulance service and mental health trusts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...usts-spend-2m-to-stop-staff-speaking-out.html