Whistleblowing

Whistle-blowing Iraqi surgeon at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust ‘suffered racial harassment’

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A whistle-blowing surgeon from Iraq suffered racial discrimination and harassment after raising the alarm about patient safety at a trust where he claimed ‘white and Indian doctors were untouchable’, a tribunal has found. Associate specialist surgeon Dr Manuf Kassem raised concern about the care of 25 patients at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust … Read more

Whistleblowing teacher sacked after revealing naughty children were hidden away during inspection

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A whistleblowing teacher who was sacked after revealing how naughty children were kept hidden away on squash courts during an Ofsted inspection has won a claim for unfair dismissal. Ged Thomas told Ofsted that unruly pupils were kept hidden away from inspectors during a visit to ‘inadequate’ Berwick Academy, in Northumberland. The PE and Maths … Read more