Gagging orders for NHS whisteblowers to be banned, Health Secretary Matt Hancock vows

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'We stand with whistleblowers,' he declares, in an intervention that comes amid growing concern over the use of NDAs.

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Gagging orders used in the NHS to stop whistleblowers speaking out will be banned, the health secretary has promised. Matt Hancock said he wants more people to feel they can"put their head above the parapet" and described the use of some Non-Disclosure Agreements as"completely inappropriate".Mr Hancock, tipped by some as a future Tory leader, vowed to end the"injustice" of forcing medics to"choose between the job they love and speaking the truth to keep patients safe".

Mr Hancock made the intervention follow growing concern about the use of NDAs to silence staff across a range of sectors.

 

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Brilliant at making cost neutral announcements. Now is a great time to hear from whistle blowers what with all the excuses to privatise they are looking for. How about you do something to address the damage you Tories have caused thanks to your underfunding & mismanagement

DOES THIS MEAN THAT THESE HAVE BEEN USED TO COVER UP CRIMES AND MISTAKES IN THE N.H.S. AND GOVERNMENT, WHICH WERE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY, LOOKS LIKE THE RT HONOURABLES ARE DIRTY LIERS AGAIN!!

Midstaffs should have triggered this outcome years ago.

People will die over this horrid decision.

the nhs is safe in tory hands-who what a tangled web we weave when we first set out to deceive

Get the Union dissolved and start again. Endemic God complex is instilled by Union. Kill the Union and save the NHS. Fact

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