Letby case: the public deserves the truth; whistleblowers deserve protection

Dobson discusses the Letby case and failures at the Countess of Chester Hospital.1 Having previously trained in the Countess of Chester’s neonatal unit, I want to foremost commend the doctors and nurses for their excellent care for babies and express my gratitude for their teaching and kindness. They stood up and fought for patients, families, colleagues, and the organisation, and stayed on when their managers quietly left. Their perseverance and endurance going through this tragedy is nothing short of heroism, while their former managers’ lack of responsibility seems nothing short of moral bankruptcy.Having sat on an advisory panel for the tragic case of nurse and whistleblower Amin Abdullah, who killed himself in 2016 after being unfairly sacked by his NHS trust, I am only too aware that their experience is far from unique. Lack of leadership and teamwork, poor workplace culture, inadequate staffing, and failure to listen to patients, families,…
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