The price of being a courageous Whistle Blower.

Here is another disgraceful story of how NHS whistle blowers are treated; when will they learn that hiding problems under the carpet cures nothing.

Complainers and whistle blowers should be welcomed - it's the people who keep quiet about problems whjo are dangerous;

BBC News
15 January 2015
A whistleblower paramedic has been banned from two hospitals after he spoke out
about overcrowding in A&E.
Stuart Gardner, of West Midlands Ambulance Service, received the ban after
telling the BBC under-pressure emergency units were "not safe".
He said the chief operating officer (COO) of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS
Trust has told him he was "not welcome" on either of its sites.
The trust said the ban was imposed as Mr Gardner's comments had upset staff.
It said its conversations with him were related to "personal upset" his comments
had caused among some A&E staff.

Union bosses are now considering taking legal action in the case.
Mr Gardner told reporters last week that he had seen patients being treated in
corridors at the Worcester Royal Hospital.
He said all he did was "raise concerns" about the location of treatment, and had
not criticised the behaviour of doctors or nurses.
"I was highlighting that issue and saying [patients] should have been on the
wards," he said.
 Mr Gardner said he had seen patients treated in corridors at Worcestershire
Royal Hospital
In light of his comments, Mr Gardner said COO Stewart Messer had banned him from
entering the hospital in Worcester and the Redditch Alexandra Hospital.
Mr Messer e-mailed the ambulance service the night before Mr Gardner appeared on
TV, and warned he would "not be welcome" on trust property if he was "critical
of managers or emergency department staff".
After the broadcast, Mr Messer e-mailed again and wrote: "[Mr Gardner] is no
longer welcome on either of our hospital sites, so can you please ensure that he
does not attend."
Ray Salmon, Unison area manager, said the union was threatening legal action
against the trust.
"Stuart informed the hospital he was going to blow the whistle, they threatened
him, he blew the whistle, they've now excluded him from site," he said.
"It's clear victimisation of a whistleblower."
The trust said it "actively encouraged" whistleblowing and it was "critical" to
preserve good relations with the ambulance service.
"[But] in response to this isolated incident, we have suggested it would be
appropriate for Mr Gardner to address the upset he has caused amongst A&E staff
who are working tirelessly under... extreme pressure," it said.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it did not wish to comment.
However, the BBC understands it wrote to the trust to inform it Mr Gardner would
continue to be deployed in the same way.
Correction: This story was amended on 16 January 2015 in light of updated
information.
We should all be supporting Mr Gardner in this dispute, his cause is just.

Neil Harris
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