An NHS whistleblower claims there are staff fears of job losses and says Wisbech patients are missing out on essential sexual health services.
The unnamed source, who has been messaging health bosses about concerns at the iCash Sexual Health Department,based at the Parkside Clinic in Wisbech, claims there has been an internal investigation following passive bullying and disrespect from the area leadership team.
Staff changes including a retirement and a consultant going on maternity leave has seen a drop in services with the number of appointments halved in the past six months from 400 to 200, they claim.
They said staff are concerned about possible job losses despite a meeting with managers, which apparently did allay some of those fears.
The whistleblower claims there were no plans to deal with the staff changes and says nursing assistants are going to work with no management and says the new managers have only seen 20 sexual health patients in three weeks.
The Ely clinic has been closed for months and the whistleblower says patients from Wisbech and Ely are being asked to travel to Huntingdon, Cambridge and Peterborough for a 15 minute appointment, despite their being adequate provision in Wisbech but not clinicians.
They said: "Wisbech is an area of deprivation where sexual infection and unwanted pregnancies are rife so this is not acceptable.
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