Hospitals Spend ?2m On Staff Gagging Orders

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Hospitals have spent ?2m on more than 50 gagging orders banning staff from speaking out, it has been revealed.

Tory MP Steve Barclay, who obtained the figures, accused NHS chief Sir David Nicholson of either failing to ask questions about the orders or being "complicit in a cover-up".

Speaking on Sky News, he said Sir David should stand down now ahead of his scheduled retirement next year because the culture in the health service has to change.

At least 52 staff have been silenced using the orders since 2008, according to details released following Mr Barclay's Freedom of Information Act request.

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[ajax2061]

bloody disgusting, one place you want errors known about and sorted is the places that heal you

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