A substantial barrier to progress in patient safety is a

dysfunctional culture rooted in widespread disrespect

Professor Lucian Leape

Harvard School of Public Health

Welcome to this website which is dedicated to creating a fairer, more open and safer UK National Health Service, and to bringing about fundamental changes in its culture.

When you fall ill, you will want the best treatment for yourself and your loved ones. Having that treatment depends on having an NHS that is well resourced and well run. The most important resource for the NHS is its staff – high quality staff who are dedicated and happy in their workplace.

As the Bristol heart scandal and the Mid-Staffordshire hospital scandal have shown, there sadly are instances where staff feel victimised and demoralised, often as a result of a top-down management culture that is dictatorial and secretive, and which devalues excellence in patient care. Some victimised and demoralised NHS staff have ended up committing suicide.

We are working towards an NHS that treats its staff fairly and justly, that cherishes and rewards clinical excellence, that has compassion at the heart of everything it does, that actively supports staff who raise concerns about patient care, and that is much more open and transparent than at present.

Please support our campaign in any way you can. You could make your Member of Parliament aware of the contents of this website and ask what he/she can do to help.

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A fair and open NHS means better care for all