Hospital Dr News

Consultant wins whistleblowing claim after criticising trust's cuts

By Francesca Robinson - 4th February 2010

A consultant has won a landmark whistleblowing victory against NHS managers who tried to silence him when he spoke out against cut ...

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• Treating people close to home will save billions
• Changes after doctors forced to repeat finals
• Caution advised over incentive pilot scheme
• Academics must protect their jobs from cuts

Dr Blogs

Hold the front page Katie's got married again

Dr Blogs - 8th February 2010

Why do some medical stories get covered in the media and others don't? It's a pertinent question t ...

Jump on board the cost cutting bandwagon

Katherine Teale - 8th February 2010

"To implement change successfully, first engage your staff".  To this end, the trust has launched ...

Our GPs must prevent out-of-hours "killings"

Dr Blogs - 4th February 2010

Apologies over the unnecessary death of David Gray have filled the front pages and airwaves this w ...

"We must make the NHS leaner but not meaner"

Dr Blogs - 4th February 2010

We must make the NHS leaner but not meaner. The demand for healthcare will only increase with a rapi ...

Would the advances of yesteryear happen today?

Tom Goodfellow - 3rd February 2010

There is little of humour to be found in the furore surrounding the GMC panel report into the conduc ...