How hospitals treat whistleblowers should be made public

There is a sense of déjà vu about the findings of Sir Robert Francis’s review into whistleblowing in the NHS. It is only six years since the Commons Health Select Committee, in an inquiry into patient safety, condemned the lack of support for staff who wished to raise concerns, and noted that the protections supposedly afforded by the Public Interest Disclosure Act were inadequate. The fact that little appears to have changed in the interim should be a matter for serious concern.