Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/professional-standards-for-doctors/making-and-using-visual-and-audio-recordings-of-patients/principles The above link may be of interest to those who like myself am not happy at hearing from Elizabeth that her thoughts and wishes have been ignored as regards being filmed. LPFT have assessed Elizabeth as having no capacity in capacity assessments that are highly […]
Government to introduce legal costs cap to support victims https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-introduce-legal-costs-cap-to-support-victims NHS faces huge clinical negligence legal fees bill https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51180944 This article is more than 5 months old Whistleblowers sacked by NHS fear no change after Lucy Letby case https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/01/whistleblowers-sacked-by-nhs-fear-no-change-after-lucy-letby-case ‘The NHS sold out its staff’: Doctors whose lives were devastated by long COVID to sue health […]
Violence against children and adolescents by nursing staff: prevalence rates and implications for practice https://capmh.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13034-020-00350-6 Whistleblowers claim children ‘seriously harmed’ at scandal-hit mental health hospitals https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mental-health-abuse-children-huntercombe-b2270448.html Systemic abuse’ at children’s hospitals revealed https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mental-health-abuse-hospital-b2204922.html Victims of doctor who used ‘truth serum’ drug to paralyse and rape at least 130 children as young as ten […]
How much should patients know about pharma payments to doctors? https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2016/may/18/patients-pharma-payments-doctors-database Individual NHS doctors receiving £100,000 per year from drugs firms https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uk/ How GPs are Paid to Prescribe Ineffective Drugs How GPs are Paid to Prescribe Ineffective Drugs GPs are prescribing far too many pills. Most people know that and Dr James LeFanu, Telegraph columnist, […]
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/sexual-abuse-mental-health-uk-b2484163.html A major investigation by The Independent’s Rebecca Thomas and Sky News’s Rob Mulhern has revealed the horrific scale of sexual abuse and assault within the UK’s psychiatric system Monday 29 January 2024 11:54 ( ) Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health SIGN UP I would like to be […]
This editorial discusses the pros and cons of community treatment orders (CTOs) from the perspective of community general adult psychiatry. There is little scientific evidence supporting the application of CTOs. Preconditions of a CTO to work are likely to be met by few patients. The time for the application of a CTO may be better […]
https://www.college.police.uk/app/mental-health/mental-health-and-criminal-justice-system Criminal justice system failing people with mental health issues – with not enough progress over the past 12 years This page is from APP, the official source of professional practice for policing. Police responses to allegations of criminal offences by or against vulnerable people should be governed by principles of equal access to justice. […]
Listen to “Whistleblower- Social Worker Brutalised By Police And Social Services For Daring To Protect Children” on Spreaker. For a great many years, the UK Government has been very clear about the need to protect children, both in the family setting and in the care system itself. “Child protection is everybody’s business” is still a […]
If you decide to blow the whistle to a prescribed person rather than your employer, you must make sure that you have chosen the correct person or body for your issue. For example, if you are blowing the whistle on broadcasting malpractice you should contact the Office of Communications (Ofcom). Below is a list of […]
