Yet another car crash of an NHS investigation NHS Trust to pay director £450k after ‘race card’ allegation Why do NHS employers get themselves into such a mess - and then insist on defending the case? www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news...

When Farage talks about the wonder of private healthcare this is where it leads What Can U.S. Employers Do About Rising Healthcare Costs? hbr.org/2025/12/what...

Investigations. Again was sent this helpful reminder of the very recent report published by HSSIB into incident investigations and the implementation of PSIRF and this excellent response fro Patient Safety learning. Well worth a read www.patientsafetylearning.org/blog/investi...

Investigations. Again was sent this helpful reminder of the very recent report published by HSSIB into incident investigations and the implementation of PSIRF and this excellent response fro Patient Safety learning. Well worth a read www.patientsafetylearning.org/blog/investi...

Thank you Steve Andrews for sharing this in your weekly email

Investigating the Investigators 0 the good, the bad and the unnecessary. A major new report on NHS investigations www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/st...

A very important piece of work from @rogerkline.bsky.social Thank you Roger. Please read and share with others.

Good article from HSJ about Roger Kline's report. Please share.

Investigating the Investigators 0 the good, the bad and the unnecessary. A major new report on NHS investigations www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/st...

NEW. Major report on Investigating the Investigators examines whether NHS workplace investigations are fair, effective, often unnecessary, cause harm, and are often themselves a form of punishment. Author: Roger Kline www.rogerkline.co.uk/investigatin...

Stereotypes, racism, shoddy investigation. Sounds familiar. Black teaching assistant wins discrimination case after being accused of having ‘angry face’https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1943143/black-teaching-assistant-wins-discrimination-case-accused-having-angry-face

The big quarrels over the workers’ rights bill have barely started Nils Pratley www.theguardian.com/business/nil...

Masks and flu: What is the debate, and should you wear one? www.bmj.com/content/391/...

The hero who tackled the murderers on Bondi beach is a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the named Ahmed, father of two, who was shot twice. Think on that, www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Interviewing future medical students gave me that rare thing: hope for the NHS Devi Sridhar www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is the very senior civil servant who blames the victims for the carer's allowance scandal moderncivilservice.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/08/m...

Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“Learning never exhausts the mind” Leonardo da Vinci

Employment status: a problem of definition www.lrd.org.uk/free-read/em...

Labour were warned about this a very long time ago and sat on their hands. If they don;t hurry up it will be too late.

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...

The government has just published amendments to the Employment Rights Bill which remove the cap on compensatory awards for unfair dismissal and substitutes a 6 month qualifying period (not 2 years) or for submitting claims. Might wake a few NHS employers up?

Hidden scandal of NHS staff exposed to cancer-causing chemical deemed the ‘next asbestos’ www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

"Leaked report reveals culture of bullying and harassment at scandal-hit NHS hospital". I know FOR CERTAIN that this is the tip of a very dirty iceberg Honourable whistleblower driven out. Deaths covered up. No one held accountable. Who knew and did nothing? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Did the Trust fully support police investigations in a timely and responsive manner? Why is key evidence remaining missing? Why was there delayed reporting to the police re a murder? And the whistleblower sacked www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Did the Trust fully support police investigations in a timely and responsive manner? Why is key evidence remaining missing? Why was there delayed reporting to the police re a murder? Why is the Trust under investigation for corporate manslaughter?

"Leaked report reveals culture of bullying and harassment at scandal-hit NHS hospital". I know FOR CERTAIN that this is the tip of a very dirty iceberg Honourable whistleblower driven out. Deaths covered up. No one held accountable. Who knew and did nothing? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"Leaked report reveals culture of bullying and harassment at scandal-hit NHS hospital". I know FOR CERTAIN that this is the tip of a very dirty iceberg Honourable whistleblower driven out. Deaths covered up. No one held accountable. Who knew and did nothing? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Today would have been the 113th birthday of our dad Cecil Kline. Kind, loving, life-long rebel, Jewish atheist, long-time socialist and dear husband to our mum Laura. We still miss you. RIP. David and Roger

Looking forward to hearing what a particular person says here today given the measured West Midlands Police evidence about the racist football thugs from Tel Aviv Maccabi committees.parliament.uk/work/9470

Anyone still think expert committees are all much better at tackling health risk when it comes to ethnic minorities? Read this excellent blog on prostrate cancer by @RoyLilley and think again campaignlp.constantcontact.com/em/110266589...

Very interesting new polling on views about the NHS www.health.org.uk/sites/defaul...

This looks like an excellent now book from an excellent author. John Lister on Wealth versus Health: Trump’s Global War on Health and Science bite-sizedbooks.com/shop/wealth-...

More money for the NHS in the budget? Not really. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nu...

Risk of Maccabi Tel Aviv facing antisemitic attacks not ‘predominant’ reason for Aston Villa match ban but because, they are racist thugs, according to the West Midlands police. Here is their assessment committees.parliament.uk/publications...

End Publicly Funded Privileges For Boris Johnson Following Covid Inquiry - Sign the Petition c.org/qVsbntsrXr

A different lesson from Denmark that Labour refuse to learn www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" Maya Angelo

You couldnt make it up. Countries enforcing race or gender diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will now be at risk of the Trump administration deeming them as infringing on human rights. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let’s hope a class action for social murder is taken out against Johnson & others. It’s a concept used to describe an unnatural death that is believed to occur due to social, political, or economic oppression, instead of direct violence.

Expert report titled Ethnicity, Inequality and Structural Racism prepared by Professor James Nazroo and Professor Laia Becares, dated 15/09/2023 to the Covid Inquiry. Excellent covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/in...

The Covid Inquiry report is out. "the situation was “little short of calamitous”, with no proper plan, no testing in place and no understanding about the virus spread" .https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/20/too-little-too-late-damning-report-condemns-uk-covid-response?CMP=share_btn_url

A London-based, interactive workshop on cultural competence in #Pharmacy Tue 2 Dec 7-9pm All members of the team welcome. Please sign up via Eventbrite (details in post below) #PharmSky #Equity #DiversityAndInclusion

Data on disability from the House of Commons library. Just published. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school

What Ministers could be saying about refugees but do not drive.google.com/file/d/1Jjtx...

Newly commissioned report suggests refugees could bring over £260k each to the UK economy drive.google.com/file/d/1Jjtx...