By Phil Shepka
BBC News, East
Managers at a medical rehabilitation unit are "covering it up" when issues are raised, a whistleblower has said.
The whistleblower claimed Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit (CRU) management bullied staff who flagged concerns over shortages and unsafe practice.
Documents detail claims of "dangerous" staffing levels, patients left in bed all day without therapy and a one-star food hygiene rating.
The trust which runs CRU said extensive improvement work had been done.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) said the 36-bed unit is an inpatient facility for rehabilitation and long-term condition treatment for patients with complex needs.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, the BBC discovered three whistleblowing complaints were made to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) between May and August last year.
The first said wards "run on dangerous levels of staff" and no action was taken when staff flagged concerns.
The second stated there was "bullying occurring from management when staff raise concerns regarding short staffing and unsafe practice".
They said: "When issues relating to patient safety are raised... management are 'covering it up'."
The whistleblower also told the CQC patient safety was "being compromised by an understaffed hospital; unmet needs of patients are not being responded to."
"Patients are left in their bed 24/7 without getting therapy, not getting out of bed due to lack of staff".
The whistlblower told the...
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