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Sir Robert Francis QC is poised to publish the results of a landmark inquiry into perhaps the greatest NHS scandal – the failure of the health service to take heed when its own doctors and nurses warn that patient safety is at risk.
His review has taken two months longer than expected, after he was deluged with more than 18,000 submissions.
Senior doctors and nurses told how their careers were left on the scrapheap, after they tried to alert NHS managers of unsafe practices and cost-cutting risking lives.
Sir Robert was appointed by the Health Secretary to lead the review last June, after chairing a public inquiry which scrutinised years of appalling care at Mid Staffs Hospital, where staff who tried to speak out told how they were bullied, and even afraid to leave hospital grounds unescorted.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/hea...ho-speak-out-Sir-Robert-Francis-QC-warns.html
His review has taken two months longer than expected, after he was deluged with more than 18,000 submissions.
Senior doctors and nurses told how their careers were left on the scrapheap, after they tried to alert NHS managers of unsafe practices and cost-cutting risking lives.
Sir Robert was appointed by the Health Secretary to lead the review last June, after chairing a public inquiry which scrutinised years of appalling care at Mid Staffs Hospital, where staff who tried to speak out told how they were bullied, and even afraid to leave hospital grounds unescorted.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/hea...ho-speak-out-Sir-Robert-Francis-QC-warns.html