A nurse has opened up about the personal toll that the process of whistleblowing had on her, saying that she is still recovering more than two years later.

Rebecca Wight was an advanced nurse practitioner at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, when, in May 2021, she raised concerns about a nurse colleague’s fitness to practise, the BBC reported.

“I was asked what I wanted to gain out of raising concerns, as if there was a personal gain for me"

Rebecca Wight

Ms Wight was worried that this colleague’s lack of competence had caused patients at the specialist cancer trust to be harmed, and one to die – a claim that is disputed by the trust.

She further alleged, to managers, that this person had changed clinical notes to hide the poor care.

However, Ms Wight told BBC Newsnight she was met with “a huge amount of resistance” by managers when she spoke up.

She said she did not expect the “distress and detriment” the whistleblowing process would go on to cause her.

“I was asked what I wanted to gain out of raising concerns, as if there was a personal gain for me,” Ms Wight said on the programme, which aired Monday.

Ms Wight, who no longer works at The Christie, said she “absolutely” felt the complaint was about “life and death”.

She continued: “I expected to go to my managers with those concerns – something I’d never had to do before in my 16-year career as a nurse – and to be engaged with, to have an open discussion.

“I expected to be given a safe place to talk. I...

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