It is a national disgrace that while our healthcare system falls apart, NHS Trusts are employing top barristers to silence whistleblowers. It is vital people understand the scale of the problem.
Our politicians claim there is not enough money to fund fair pay for clinicians. Yet at the same time, they have given NHS trusts access to unlimited funds to fight clinicians at employment tribunals. Staggering numbers of clinicians have had to go to tribunals to fight for their jobs after speaking up about patient safety.
Patients and carers alike are tormented by the struggles of accessing care from a broken system. Clinicians are tormented by understaffing, overwork, real-terms pay cuts and bullying by management. Many describe being unable to deliver a standard of care, which they know their patients need, as a moral injury. The general population must now be given accurate information about what is happening. And they must act on this and join the fight to see our NHS restored.
Dr Mukherjee is a psychiatrist in the NHS currently going through an employment tribunal because he spoke out about patient safety. He is a member of a group of around 120 fellow whistleblowing clinicians who are all facing employment tribunals because they have raised concerns about patient safety. And in turn, have faced persecution and detriments.
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