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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

Staff fear to speak up at NHS hospital trust under police investigation, report says

Royal Sussex County hospital in Brighton, part of the University Hospitals Sussex trust.
Royal Sussex County hospital in Brighton, part of the University Hospitals Sussex trust. Photograph: Simon Dack News/Alamy

Staff at a hospital trust where police are investigating at least 90 deaths say they face reprisals and ridicule from bosses if they raise concerns, according to a damning report.

Asked to review University Hospitals Sussex, the report’s authors said they “repeatedly heard concerning examples of staff, often at a senior level, being ignored, dismissed and sometimes ridiculed when speaking up”.

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