Former medical director for Isle of Man is awarded {pound}3.2m in whistleblowing case

Rosalind Ranson, former medical director for the Isle of Man, has won more than £3m in compensation for whistleblowing but says that the case has “shattered” her career.1The award for Ranson, 58, who was pushed out of her job after raising concerns about patient safety and governance, is a record for whistleblowing cases supported by the BMA.Employment tribunals rarely award legal costs to parties who win their cases. But as well as the £3 198 754 compensation the Manx Employment and Equality Tribunal also awarded Ranson 70% of the costs she had incurred in proving that the island’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) had unfairly dismissed her for whistleblowing.Pointing out that an award of costs reflected “gross misconduct,” the tribunal added, “It is . . . inexcusable for a chief executive such as Miss [Kathryn] Magson to mislead both the tribunal and Dr Ranson. The case on liability…
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