How I coped with ... blowing the whistle; when patient care was jeopardized by bed shortages, John Kay wrote to papers and was subsequently disciplined by his trust
Article Abstract:
Nurse John Kay discusses how he was first punished and then exonerated for releasing information to the press about bed shortages at the Northumbria Healthcare National Health Service Trust hospital where he worked.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
England, Personal narratives, Cases, Discipline, Whistle blowing, Whistleblowing
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
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Could it happen at your trust?
Article Abstract:
Shortage of nurses and negligence in maintaining hygiene are reported as the probable causes for the Clostridium difficile deaths at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust hospital.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2007
Labor force information, Health aspects, Methods, Employment, Clostridium infections, Infection control, Community-acquired infections
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2007
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Subjects list: Company legal issue, Investigations, Hospitals, Nurses
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