Prof Brian Jarman
Twitter: @jarmann
Classic paper: When Managers Rule, patients may suffer and they’re the ones who matter
when-managers-rule-brian-jarman-bmj-dec-2012
Medical Harm
Website: http://medicalharm.org/about-us/
Classic paper 21 Ways to Skin a Whistleblower:
http://medicalharm.org/uncategorized/the-full-21-ways-to-skin-a-whistleblower/
Dr Phil Hammond (MD of Private Eye)
Website: http://www.drphilhammond.com/
Classic paper: Shoot the messenger
Click to access Shoot_the_Mesenger_FINAL.pdf
Prof Brian Martin
Website: http://www.bmartin.cc/dissent/
Email: bmartin@uow.edu.au
Classic paper: Dr Jean Lennane, What happens to whistleblowers and why
Click to access Lennane_what2.pdf
Whistleblowing International Network
Website: whistleblowingnetwork.org
Twitter: @whistleblowing
Blueprint for Free Speech comprehensive critique of UK whistleblowing law:
Click to access blueprint-protecting-whistleblowers-in-the-uk-a-new-blueprint.pdf
When dealing with the NHS, remember that suppression starts from the top:
Key reports suppressed by the Department of Health in 2008, released under FOI in 2010:
1) Joint Commission International report, Quality oversight in England – Findings, observations and recommendations for a new model.
jci-report-quality-oversight-in-england
2) Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Achieving the vision of excellence in quality
ihi-report-achieving-the-vision-of-excellence-in-quality-2
See also:
Best and Safest Care. DH 2008. A ‘strictly confidential’ report by Sir Liam Donaldson Chief Medical Officer 2008 which acknowledged that suboptimal and poor care were endemic in the NHS and that quality and safety were not “predominant culture of the NHS” best-and-safest-care-1
Alexander's Excavations 