Dr Chris Day An employment tribunal under Judge Anne Martin has thrown out whistleblower Dr Chris Day’s claims against the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust after an eight year battle about pa…| Westminster Confidential
6 posts published by davidhencke during August 2025| Westminster Confidential
While opera lovers have been enjoying in blissful sunshine a season of high operatic drama in the prestigious grounds of Glyndebourne in the Sussex countryside, another very different drama has been unfolding quietly inside the organisation itself. Edward Romain, aged 39, a well-qualified fundraiser and writer whose previous roles included raising money for the Yehudi […]| Westminster Confidential
Dr Chris Day For those with long memories some 32 months ago I wrote a disparaging blog about justice in employment tribunals after sitting through yet another hearing involving Dr Chris Day’…| Westminster Confidential
Reforms without addressing core issues may lead to persistence of key flaws or omissions in any future changes with risks to patients Last month I wrote about the government proposing the first major reforms for 40 years in the running of the General Medical Council. My blog was meant as a warning to ministers to scrutinise the changes […]| Westminster Confidential
The trust running St Helier and Epsom hospitals in South London and Surrey has admitted it has deprived hundreds of its lowest paid workers their rightful NHS pensions for up to seven years due to a major blunder by its management in signing them up to the wrong scheme. A letter sent out two weeks […]| Westminster Confidential
Wes Streeting, the health secretary has promised new protections for whistleblowers but do they go far enough? Dr David Ward gives a detailed list of proposals that the NHS should implement and calls for lawyers and courts to play no part in the process. NHS whistleblowers are obliged by law to raise patient safety concerns […]| Westminster Confidential
Matthew Reynolds was a strong strapping lad who earned good money – £80,000 a year – as a welder at the Tata Steel works in Port Talbot, South Wales. He had already bought his own flat and his future was bright. Then one day as he was welding steel a large heavy refractory brick in […]| Westminster Confidential
The new Labour government is embarking in the first reform of the professional regulation of the General Medical Council for 40 years. This welcome development comes after the GMC extended its scope to cover physician and anaesthesia associates at the end of last year. In theory it will allow the GMC more flexibility to change […]| Westminster Confidential
Norwich County Court Yet another arm of the court system has failed millions of people who want justice because it is totally dysfunctional, a scathing report by MPs warned this week. The Commons Justice Committee describes the county court system as the ” Cinderella ” of civil justice, a finding that might be similarly applied […]| Westminster Confidential
Judge blocked her attempt to keep her name secret during the hearing A highly controversial senior coroner is facing serious allegations that she or her staff removed parts of a transcript and recording of her hearing into the death of a talented and hardworking ITV news editor Teresa McMahon who was found hanged at her […]| Westminster Confidential
My view about the Government’s hasty decision to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was disproportionate and unwarranted. It is saying the people who damage property to protest about Britain’s armed support for Israel are equivalent to the Manchester Arena concert bomber who set out to kill and maim as many people he could […]| Westminster Confidential
From L to R: Alex Whitfield, Hampshire Ben Travis, Lewisham Daniel Elkeles London Ambulance Three of the top 50 NHS chief executives chosen by a panel set up by the Health Services Journal in 2024 …| Westminster Confidential
05/07/2024. London, United Kingdom. Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer poses for a photograph following her appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. P…| Westminster Confidential
1 post published by davidhencke during June 2025| Westminster Confidential
Judge Lancaster – the same judge who vilified the now vindicated Alison McDermott- a Sellafield whistleblower over bullying and nuclear safety issues Judge Philip Lancaster – the contro…| Westminster Confidential
